Category: COVID
Veterans study finds updated COVID-19 shot reduces hospital visits and death
Medical Xpress Veterans Research and Education Foundation of St. Louis reports that the 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine was associated with lower risks of COVID-19–related emergency visits, hospitalizations, and deaths in a national cohort of U.S. veterans. The pandemic is not over, but conditions have shifted greatly. Since the initial outbreak spread around the world, SARS-CoV-2 has accumulated mutations that alter its severity, while […]
Oct 15, 2025
Scientists finally reveal what’s behind long COVID’s mysterious brain fog
Sci Tech Daily Japanese researchers uncover the molecular signature of Long COVID brain fog, a breakthrough that could bring real treatments closer than ever. Researchers in Japan have pinpointed a biological cause of Long COVID brain fog using advanced PET brain imaging. They discovered widespread increases in AMPA receptor density linked to cognitive impairment and […]
Oct 8, 2025
The CDC’s most recent updates on COVID-19 vaccinations
WTOP The most recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on COVID-19 vaccines call for “vaccination based on shared clinical decision-making,” according to a news release published Tuesday. “Informed consent is back,” Acting Director and Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neil said. “CDC’s 2022 blanket recommendation for perpetual COVID-19 boosters deterred […]
Oct 8, 2025
Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds
New York Times The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences. Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long Covid after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found. The study, of nearly a half-million people under 21, published Tuesday […]
Oct 1, 2025
Mom’s COVID Shot Aided Baby, Too, Large Review Confirmed
Med Page Today Vaccination during pregnancy was safe for both mom and baby. COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy conferred benefits for mother and baby without increased risk, according to an umbrella review of meta-analyses comprising more than 1.2 million women. Vaccination during pregnancy was associated with lowered maternal risks of COVID infection (risk ratio [RR] 0.41, […]
Oct 1, 2025
Post-COVID Smell Loss May Be More Widespread Than Recognized
MedPage Today Self-reported problems with thinking, concentrating more likely in those with olfactory issues. The vast majority of people reporting dips in their ability to smell 2 years after COVID-19 had olfactory dysfunction when formally tested, findings from NIH’s RECOVER Consortium showed. And surprisingly, most people who didn’t believe they had any post-infection changes in […]
Sep 30, 2025
Covid cases rising with new variants Nimbus and Stratus
BBC If you feel unwell with a bad throat and a temperature you may well have caught one of the new strains of Covid circulating this autumn. XFG, called Stratus by some, and NB.1.8.1, known as Nimbus, are now the most common variants being passed around in the UK, according to officials. Experts say these do […]
Sep 30, 2025
Nasal sprays may help block coronavirus and other viruses
Washington Post One spray works by blocking bacteria and viruses from reaching the nasal lining, thereby preventing infection. Scientists are researching at least two sprays that target the coronavirus where it most commonly enters our bodies — the nose. Both sprays are on the market, but it is unclear how and when to use them […]
Sep 30, 2025
RFK Jr.’s CDC Panel Drops Covid Shot Recommendations
WSJ Key committee votes instead to encourage individual decision-making, capping an at-times disorganized two-day meeting. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked vaccine advisers voted Friday to nix positive recommendations for Covid shots for adults, and instead advised “individual decision-making” for all Americans. The panel’s unanimous vote means that U.S. adults no longer are recommended to […]
Sep 24, 2025
Why seniors who want covid shots should consider getting one this week
Washington Post The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is weighing changes to coronavirus vaccine recommendations that could make it harder for some seniors to access them. For people 65 or older considering getting a new covid shot, this week might be the best opportunity to get vaccinated without complications before a federal vaccine advisory committee’s […]
Sep 24, 2025