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Although most young people recover quickly, doctors are seeing some children and teens with lingering fatigue and other chronic problems.

An Spätfolgen einer COVID-19 Erkrankung hat im März 2020 niemand gedacht. Erst recht nicht bei jungen PatientInnen ohne Vorerkrankungen und mit einem milden Krankheitsverlauf. Heute weiß man: Nach einer Corona-Infektion können schwere gesundheitliche Schäden auftreten. Doch wie gehen Mediziner und Betroffene mit dieser noch weitgehend unerforschten Krankheit um?

At least three case reports have been published of relatively young COVID-19 patients who developed Parkinson’s, either by itself or with other symptoms, within 2 to 5 weeks of contracting the disease. A fourth case has not yet been published.

A new analysis by researchers at King’s, using data from the COVID Symptom Study app, shows that one in 20 people with COVID-19 are likely to suffer symptoms for 8 weeks or more (so-called ‘long…

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has disproportionately affected older individuals and those with underlying medical conditions. Research has focused on short-term outcomes in hospital, and single organ involvement. Consequently, impact of long COVID (persistent symptoms three months post-infection) across multiple organs in low-risk individuals is yet to be assessed. Methods An ongoing prospective, longitudinal, two-centre, observational study was performed in individuals symptomatic after recovery from acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Symptoms a...

Noch Wochen nach einer Grippe hat das Gehirn mit den Folgen der Krankheit zu kämpfen

Background Many patients with COVID-19 do not require hospitalisation, let alone have undergone COVID-19 testing. There is anecdotal evidence that patients with “mild” COVID-19 may complain about persistent symptoms, even weeks after the infection. This suggests that symptoms during the infection may not resolve spontaneously. The objective of this study was to assess whether multiple relevant symptoms recover following the onset of symptoms in hospitalised and non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19. Methods 2113 members of two Facebook groups for coronavirus patients with persistent compl...

Das Coronavirus kann Nervenzellen schädigen, ohne sie zu infizieren

SARS-CoV-2 is shown to infect and replicate in human pancreatic tissue, including in β-cells, which is associated with morphological, transcriptomic and functional changes.

Das Gesundheitssystem in Manaus ist wegen Corona zusammengebrochen – was genau ist passiert?

Somehow the coronavirus is rampaging through a city that was supposedly immune.

Although COVID-19 often attacks the lungs, it is increasingly associated with a range of problems including blood clots, neurological disorders, and kidney and heart damage. Researchers say new-onset diabetes may soon be added to those complications.

The aim of this document is to provide an update on the knowledge surrounding the role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the role of schools in the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the experience in the EU from August–December, 2020. This document also addresses transmission to and from staff in school settings, school-related mitigation measures including risk communication, testing, contact tracing and the efficacy of partial and full school closures.

In der zweiten Welle sind mehr Kinder in der Schweiz schwer an Covid-19 erkrankt. Jetzt gibt es auch Empfehlungen für den Umgang mit PIMS.

Die neue Beprobungsrunde der REACT-1 Studie. Jetzt sind PCR-Nachweisraten im gesamten Schulalter über dem Durchschnitt der Bevölkerung, auch Grundschule. Diese Studie in UK vermeidet so gut es geht eine Unter- oder Übertestung einzelner Altersgruppen. https://t.co/q8241DzD2x pic.twitter.com/J5pv3ouUs4— Christian Drosten (@c_drosten) December 15, 2020

To reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 most countries closed schools, despite uncertainty if school closures are an effective containment measure. At the onset of the pandemic, Swedish upper secondary schools moved to online instruction while lower secondary school remained open. This allows for a comparison of parents and teachers differently exposed to open and closed schools, but otherwise facing similar conditions. Leveraging rich Swedish register data, we connect all students and teachers in Sweden to their families and study the impact of moving to online instruction on the incidenc...

A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital suggests that children can carry higher levels of the coronavirus than adults who have been hospitalized with COVID-19, even if they are symptom-free.

Die COVID-19-Pandemie hält auch für Immunologen Überraschungen bereit. Eine besteht darin, dass Kinder, die ansonsten keine Atemwegsinfektion auslassen, eine Infektion mit SARS-CoV-2 gut wegstecken. Ein Team um die Immunologin Donna Farber von der...

Background Close contact with children may provide cross-reactive immunity to SARs-CoV-2 due to more frequent prior coryzal infections from seasonal coronaviruses. Alternatively, close contact with children may increase risk of SARs-CoV-2 infection. We investigated whether risk of infection with SARs-CoV-2 and severe outcomes differed between adults living with and without children. Methods Working on behalf of NHS England, we conducted a population-based cohort study using primary care data and pseudonymously-linked hospital and intensive care admissions, and death records, from patients r...

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München – In einer Studie zur Früherkennung des Typ-1-Diabetes, die derzeit an Kindern in Bayern durchgeführt wird, wurden mit einem doppelten Antikörper-Test...

BERLIN. In der vergangenen Woche sind offenbar drei Lehrkräfte oder Erzieher an Covid-19 verstorben. Das geht aus einer Statistik des Robert-Koch-Instituts hervor. Laut aktuellem Lagebericht gibt es bislang insgesamt zwölf Beschäftigte aus Kitas, Kindertagespflege, Schulen und Heimen, die eine...

CHOP researchers found the elevated biomarker in all children who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, whether they were symptomatic for COVID-19 or not.