Author: Claudinne Miller
What Tony Fauci Says about Long COVID and Other Postviral Illnesses
Scientific American The first person I met with long COVID was Kenton Kaplan, a student I was mentoring at Georgetown University. Without much warning, he had called me in January 2022 to drop out of our departmental honors program. As we talked over the next year and a half, he told me about debilitating fatigue, dizziness […]
Nov 14, 2023
An Invisible Killer
Washington Post A flesh-eating fungus is expanding its range in the American West – and Scientists suspect climate change is driving the spread. At some point, Erik McIntyre inhaled the fungal spores. He couldn’t see them, or feel them, and it was weeks before he began to lose energy, to drop weight, to cough up […]
Nov 14, 2023
About 36M American adults have received the updated COVID vaccine: CDC
ABC News An estimated 36 million adults in the United States have received the updated COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday, according to new data from the federal government. Additionally, about 3.5 million children have also gotten the updated shot, according to the survey, which is a sample size of the U.S. population, from the Centers for Disease Control […]
Nov 14, 2023
Two New RSV Products to Protect Infants
Johns Hopkins A new vaccine for pregnant people and an antibody treatment for babies could substantially lower the rates of severe RSV infections among children, but rollout has been slow ahead of the first RSV season the products are available. Virtually all children get an RSV infection by the time they are 2 years old. […]
Nov 14, 2023
The Genetic Edge: Unmasking the Secret of COVID-19 “Super Dodgers”
Sci Tech Daily Scientists have discovered a gene variant, HLA-B*15:01, linked to asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, opening potential avenues for new treatments and vaccines. People who contract COVID-19 but never develop symptoms – the so-called super dodgers – may have a genetic ace up their sleeve. They’re more than twice as likely as those who become symptomatic to […]
Nov 14, 2023
Tuberculosis exposure at daycare prompts ‘urgent’ testing for 500 children
Washington Post Tuberculosis testing for hundreds of children in Omaha began Saturday, after a large group of infants, toddlers and children was potentially exposed to infection through a drop-in day-care program. More than 500 children need to be tested within the next week, local health officials said, and younger ones will be given preventive drugs. […]
Nov 14, 2023
How tiny hinges bend the infection-spreading spikes of a coronavirus
Science Daily Disabling those hinges could be a good strategy for designing vaccines and treatments against a broad range of coronavirus infections, including COVID-19. Far from being stiff and pointy, a coronavirus’s infectious spikes are shaped like chicken drumsticks with the meaty part facing out, and the meaty part can tilt every which way on […]
Nov 14, 2023
Long COVID Immune Profiles Appear Largely Normal
MedPageToday Brain inflammation may not be a cause of long COVID cognitive problems. Spinal fluid immune profiles were largely normal in people with neurologic long COVID symptoms in a case-control study, suggesting brain inflammation was not a cause of long COVID cognitive symptoms. In 37 people with post-COVID neuropsychiatric conditions — most commonly, brain fog […]
Nov 14, 2023
Cell-free DNA reveals distinct pathology of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Journal of Clinical Investigation Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare but life-threatening hyperinflammatory condition induced by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes pediatric COVID-19 (pCOVID-19). The relationship of the systemic tissue injury to the pathophysiology of MIS-C is poorly defined. We leveraged the high sensitivity of epigenomics […]
Nov 14, 2023
Scientists are beginning to understand how long COVID symptoms affect the brain
NPR (Audio 7-minute listen) Many symptoms of long COVID are related to the brain. Now scientists are beginning to understand why brain fog, fatigue, and pain can linger for years after a person was infected.
Nov 14, 2023
