How the Coronavirus Short-Circuits the Immune System - The New York T…
“In a disturbing parallel to H.I.V., the coronavirus can cause a depletion of important immune cells, recent studies found.”
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Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Personality and Brain Function: A Grim Reality or a Wake-Up Call?
Opinion: Kevin Kavanagh, MD, examines a summary of studies on how COVID-19 may damage the brain's frontal lobes, alter personality traits and cognitive functions, and potentially reshape society's dynamics.
VENTILATION IN THE FLOW OF MEASLES AND CHICKENPOX THROUGH A COMMUNITY
Research from 75 years ago.
The Lone Ranger in Covid Town | BPS
Dr Aspa Paltoglou (pictured), a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, on continuing to take pandemic precautions.
‘We’re losing decades of our life to this illness’: long Covid patients on the fear of being forgotten
“My average patient is previously very fit, very successful, and desperate to get back to normal life. The people I’m looking at are actually incredibly motivated, the movers and shakers of society, and we lose them to our detriment.”
One in three NHS doctors so tired their ability to treat patients is affected, survey finds
Exclusive: Medics more sleep deprived now than during Covid crisis amid staff shortages and surging demand
What If the Covid Safety Net Had Been a Starting Point For Change?
What if the pandemic safety net cobbled together in 2020 had been a new beginning? What if when Joe Biden came into office in 2021, the Covid-19 safety net he was handed had become a new floor? Wha…
Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?
A mental health professional gives reasons why someone might still wear a mask when the pandemic is over and answers whether it is because of anxiety or fear.
The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill | WIRED
The distinction between droplet and airborne transmission has enormous consequences. To combat droplets, a leading precaution is to wash hands frequently with soap and water. To fight infectious aerosols, the air itself is the enemy. In hospitals, that means expensive isolation wards and N95 masks for all medical staff.
The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings | The BMJ
"In conclusion, there is ample evidence on the effectiveness of masks and respirators in community and healthcare settings to inform consistent policy.32 Respirators are superior and should be the first choice in a serious emerging epidemic or pandemic in healthcare and aged care settings."
COVID science and post-truth policy at Canadian universities
Universities are supposedly society’s proponents of evidence-based decision making. And yet, increasingly we’re seeing university administrators citing scholarship when it supports predetermined positions and ignoring that scholarship when it proves inconvenient to economic and political goals. Are university leaders undermining the credibility of the institutions they are charged with leading?
‘We need Psychologists… but please don’t psychologise Long Covid’ | BPS
Dr Aspa Paltoglou hears from physician Dr David Joffe about what’s needed from our discipline; from Janina Bradshaw about what Psychotherapists can do; and from occupational therapist Kirsty Stanley.
Why Has the Left Deprioritized COVID?
Raia Small on why the left in the United States and Canada has struggled to mount an effective response to the pandemic’s catastrophes, and where we might go from here.
You Are Not Entitled To Our Deaths: COVID, Abled Supremacy & Interdependence
We will not trade disabled deaths for abled life. We will not allow disabled people to be disposable or the necessary collateral damage for the status quo. We will not look away from the mass illness and death that surrounds us or from a state machine that is more committed to churning out profit and privileged comfort with eugenic abandonment.
Mask Off
The end of the last remaining Covid protections deepens the categorical exclusion of the vulnerable.
Disabled People Are Tired: Public Health and Ableism
Disabled People Are Tired: Public Health and Ableism Christine Mitchell I’m tired. We’re all tired, collectively. It has been a long two years of heightened anxiety and isolation as w…
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
Disability Visibility is a column on being disabled in a nondisabled world.
The pandemic isn’t over—and queer people shouldn’t be acting like it is | Xtra Magazine
ANALYSIS: As a community, we talk a good talk about keeping each other safe, so why aren’t we doing it now?
Long Covid and the Fight for Clean Air
Why decentering Long COVID in the 2024 election was a mistake for all Chicagoans
COVID survivors may develop dementia | NATURE
COVID-19 survivors show signs of significant cognitive deficits which could become dementia even a year after having the virus1. They also have an increased risk of depression, anxiety and disrupted sleep.
ANALYSIS: Why are B.C. kids sick all the time? Health experts explain
The consequences of repeated COVID-19 infections are now becoming clear in B.C., across Canada and around the world.
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations - Nature Reviews Microbiology
Long COVID is an often debilitating illness of severe symptoms that can develop during or following COVID-19. In this Review, Davis, McCorkell, Vogel and Topol explore our knowledge of long COVID and highlight key findings, including potential mechanisms, the overlap with other conditions and potential treatments. They also discuss challenges and recommendations for long COVID research and care.
China Survey Says Up to 30% of Adults Felt Long Covid Symptoms
Up to three in every 10 Chinese adults experienced long Covid symptoms in a survey of more than 70,000 residents, offering rare insight into the scale of lingering issues plaguing the country’s 1.4 billion people well after the dismantling of pandemic curbs triggered a case surge.
Differences in Long COVID severity by duration of illness, symptom evolution, and vaccination: a longitudinal cohort study from the INSPIRE group - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas
Out of those who had had a Covid infection, 29% had developed Long COVID. Three years later, only 2% of these had recovered.
Researchers overlooked airborne diseases for centuries — then COVID-19 changed everything
A fascinating exploration of microbes that can travel through the air reveals how the pandemic marked a turning point for a crucial research field.
Dealing with the Fallout: Office of Chief Science Advisor of Canada
"The ongoing risk of infection and subsequent acute and chronic illness is not negligible. The SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to circulate with evolving variants of concern .... with each SARS-CoV-2 reinfection, the risk of developing [Long Covid] is cumulative. That means two infections carry a greater risk than one infection and the risk after three infections is larger than after two infections. As of June 20234, two out of three Canadians had at least on COVID-19 infection and one in five Canadians had been infected multiple times."
Yes, We Continue Wearing Masks—Here’s Why: Common Questions Answered - WHN
Picture a typical family gathering today. Most people have moved on from masking: kids run around freely, aunts and uncles chat over snacks, and only a couple of family members still choose to wear well-fitted masks. Soon, the questions start rolling in: “Isn’t the pandemic over?” “Aren’t you done with masks yet?” “But you’re not … Continued
Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19: Disability and Function Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection
A 250+ page report authored by the National Academy of Sciences at the request of the Social Security Administration detailing the risk of disability and challenges getting diagnoses and treatment for Long COVID.
Indoor Airborne Risk Assessment in the Context of SARS-CoV-2: Description of Airborne Transmission Mechanism | World Health Organization
Acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection - Nature Medicine
People who had a reinfection with COVID-19 faced a higher risk of dying from any cause compared to those who didn't get reinfected. The risk was more than twice as high. They also had a higher chance of being hospitalized and experiencing long-term health issues related to the virus. Specifically, they were 3 times more likely to be hospitalized and over twice as likely to experience lasting symptoms, like those from long COVID.