Category: Side Effects
Italy: Lung function impaired by BA.5 infection
Subjects hospitalized for Omicron BA.5 showed an altered endothelial function three months after the acute phase with an impairment of lung function. More...
Long Covid: Microscopic abnormality in the way oxygen moves from the lungs into the blood vessels
A team of researchers based at five centres across Ontario have zeroed in on a microscopic abnormality in the way oxygen moves from the lungs and into the blood vessels of long COVID patients in their trial. More...
Anthony Fauci Paxlovid rebound
Anthony Fauci has been talking about his recent Covid infection, and seeing the infection rebound after a course of Paxlovid. More...
Germany: Fourth Covid vaccination offered for “a quieter and symptom-free summer”
Germany’s health minister Karl Lauterbach has announced plans to offer every citizen a fourth Covid vaccination so that they can have “a quieter and symptom-free summer”. More...
Preprint: Long-term mortality following SARS-CoV-2 infection
People infected with SARS-COV-2 had more than three times the risk of dying over the following year compared with those who remained uninfected. More...
SARS-CoV-2 can infect and kill different immunity cell types independently of ACE2
In one of the most disturbing preprints we have seen during the entire pandemic, researchers outline the damage that SARS-CoV-2 can do to key components of the human immune system, independently of ACE2. More...
Preprint: COVID-19 vaccination and Guillain-Barré syndrome
“Our study reports an association between first-dose ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AstraZeneca) COVID-19 vaccination and Guillain-Barré syndrome, accounting for an estimated excess incidence of 5.8 Guillain-Barré syndrome cases per million first doses.” More...
UK: 2 million people suffering with Long Covid
An estimated 2 million people living in private households in the UK (3.1% of the population) were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 1 May 2022. More...
Preprint: Autopsies reveal Covid-19 brain damage
SARS-CoV-2 related coagulation disorders are the main cause of the brain tissue damage.
More...Paxlovid: Virologic characterization of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir rebound
“Symptomatic relapse after nirmatrelvir-ritonavir therapy for early stage COVID-19 infection is associated with high viral load.”… More...