Category: COVID
Is Covid During Pregnancy Linked to Autism? What a New Study Shows, and What It Doesn’t
KFF A large study from Massachusetts has found that babies whose mothers had covid-19 while pregnant were slightly more likely to have a range of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3. Most of these children had speech or motor delays, and the link was strongest in boys and when the mother was infected late in pregnancy. The increase […]
Nov 5, 2025
COVID Is Beginning to Surge Globally. Here’s What We Know
Scientific American SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month — global cases increased by more than 19,000 last month compared with the previous month, according to data posted on the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 dashboard. But the real number of infections is much higher than that, researchers say, because countries are less focused […]
Nov 5, 2025
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Nature Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month — global cases increased by more than 19,000 last month compared with the previous month, according to data posted on the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 dashboard. But the real number of infections is much […]
Nov 5, 2025
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
NYT A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease. A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed. The risk of a heart attack triples within the first few weeks after […]
Nov 5, 2025
New Paper-Based COVID-19 Test Uses Aptamer ‘Cocktails’ for Faster, More Accurate Detection
Doc Wire News Researchers in Turkey have developed a new kind of paper-based test for COVID-19 that uses aptamer “cocktails,” special short strands of DNA or RNA that can bind tightly and specifically to parts of the virus. This test is designed to detect two key proteins from the SARS-CoV-2 virus: the spike (S) protein […]
Oct 29, 2025
Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study
The Lancet Background Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) remain a major public health challenge. Although previous studies have focused on characterising PASC in children and adolescents after an initial infection, the risks of PASC after reinfection with the omicron variant remain unclear. We aimed to assess the risk of PASC diagnosis (U09.9) and symptoms […]
Oct 29, 2025
Secondary Infections and Long COVID in Kids: What Pediatricians Need to Know
Medscape When Lucas Denault was first infected with COVID in January 2021 at the age of 15, his symptoms were relatively mild. A high school athlete at the time, the Pennsylvania resident experienced a brief bout of cold-like symptoms, recovered, and resumed his life. But 3 months later, he was infected a second time, and […]
Oct 29, 2025
Long-term cardiovascular complications in COVID-19 survivors according to disease severity
Nature Post-sepsis syndrome is a major concern affecting sepsis survivors. COVID-19 increases the risk of long-term complications, but existing data lack detail on patient-specific factors and long-term cardiovascular complications, namely major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Our objective was to analyze and compare the MACE occurrence, among COVID-19 survivors, according to the severity of infection. Adults […]
Oct 29, 2025
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
NYT A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease. A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed. The risk of a heart attack triples within the first few weeks after […]
Oct 29, 2025
What to know about the ‘Frankenstein’ variant of COVID-19
Euronews The currently dominant COVID-19 variant in Germany has been referred to as the ‘Frankenstein’ variant. Here’s why. As is the case every year, new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 are circulating in Europe. In Germany, the variant XFG is now dominant. It is often referred to in the media as the “Frankenstein […]
Oct 29, 2025