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These results support larger cross sectional findings indicating that mild Wildtype SARS-CoV-2 infection can be followed by small changes in cognition and memory that persist for at least a year. The mechanistic basis and clinical implications of these small changes remain unclear.

DNA of mammalian wildlife species susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 was detected along with SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in environmental samples from animal stalls located at the market epicenter of the emergence of COVID-19.

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Just as mpox is declared a global health emergency, the antiviral tecovirimat is found to be no better than placebo against it.

And, yes, it’s still more severe than the flu.

A large study shows that the risk of developing long Covid has diminished but persists, and that vaccination roughly cuts the risk in half.

What have we learned in the first half of 2024?

A "visionary" new study finds inflammation and evidence of the Covid virus years after initial infection.

If it seems like everyone you know is sicker now than ever before, it's not just your imagination. A recent analysis by Bloomberg and Airfinity revealed that at least 13 communicable…

The virus marches on while we inch towards answers

New study analyzes how vaccine content shared on Facebook influences people’s decision to vaccinate

A UK research team has discovered that the more CO2 air contains, the longer viruses can stay alive in that air. This is a tranmis

Cliff notes from FDA's vaccine meeting for fall 2024

Researchers Found Even Lower-Performing Masks Were Protective

SUMMARYThis narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental impacts—of masks and masking. Our synthesis of evidence from over ...

Response to updated vaccine is shaped by earlier vaccines yet generates broadly neutralizing antibodies

This week, bird flu made headlines when viral fragments were detected in the commercial milk supply. Read the latest on what this means, what we know, and what steps we’re taking.

Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.

Researchers are trying to understand the profound effects of COVID-19 on the brain, looking at how it disrupts the blood-brain barrier, how it affects brain volume, and showing that even a mild case of COVID can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging.

It's a past-due reckoning for French microbiologist Didier Raoult, critics say.

I watched 15 hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to - but you should!

Prime-boost vaccinations can enhance immune responses,1 whereas chronic antigen exposure can cause immune tolerance.2 In humans, the benefits, limitations, and risks of repetitive vaccination remain poorly understood.

If barrier controlling substances entering and exiting brain is off balance, it can drive changes in neural function

Scientists from the University of São Paulo have discovered that severe COVID-19 is primarily caused by damage to the small blood vessels in the lungs, a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Blood clot formation (thrombosis) in the small blood vessels of the lungs is an early result of severe COVID-19,

In the latest installment of Chris Cuomo's long COVID series, he interviewed Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator in the Trump administration, and currently Senior Fellow, George W. Bush Institute and…

Researchers from Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) have discovered that the persistent fatigue in patients with long-COVID has a biological cause, namely mitochondria in muscle cells that produce less energy than in healthy patients. The results of the study were published today in Nature Communications.

Happy 2024! The first public health rumor of the year came in hot: the Florida Surgeon General sent an email airing his concerns about mRNA Covid-19 vaccines: billions of DNA fragments per dose of Covid-19 mRNA vaccines. This isn’t the first time he questioned the safety of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, but it is a new angle. As always, each claim should be evaluated individually based on merit.