NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli ( @NIHDirector ) comments last week at the NIH ACD (Advisory Committee to the Director) Meeting on Long COVID & RECOVER
"The aim of this meta-analysis is to describe objective cognitive impairment in individuals with non-severe (mild or moderate) #SARSCoV2 cases in the post-acute stage of infection”
Glenn Close encouraged her followers to “wear a mask in crowds” after getting hit with #COVID19 and RSV simultaneously. It caused her to delay filming her part in the new Knives Out sequel.
"Significantly increased Cho concentrations & decreased NAA/Cho were found in the CCS in the older #postCOVID19 subjects"
"may be related to the microstructural reorganization in the corpus callosum (also reported in diffusion measurements) rather than increased membrane turnover"
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"SARS-CoV-2 provokes persistent long-term brain metabolic changes on brain FDG PET in the selected population of patients with prolonged long COVID symptoms, without progressive worsening of the hypometabolisms."
"our study shows widespread reductions in cerebral blood oxygen levels in PCS that are related to symptoms of daytime dysfunction and cognitive impairment (contd)"
"(Contd) Changes in oxygen metabolism and blood perfusion may serve as an adaptive mechanism to mediate brain vascular damage and/or as a mode of maintaining normal daily functioning."
🇫🇷France: "People in France are being advised to self-isolate and wear masks, as an expert warns that “Covid is not gone”, and hospital cases continue to rise."
"52% increase week-on-week in hospital emergency visits for Covid-related issues, and 51% more consultations with SOS Médecins (1,507 between June 3 and 10)"
“Although studies have suggested many patients with long #COVID experience mental health challenges, we did not find that depressive symptoms prior to #SARSCoV2 infection were a major risk factor for long COVID”
🇮🇪 Ireland: ‘No visiting allowed’ at Irish hospital as ban issued over COVID and Norovirus outbreaks.
"This is in the interest of patient safety to protect your loved ones from exposure to COVID-19 & Norovirus, both of which are very prevalent in both the Hospital and community at the moment."
111,816 children in England & Scotland are estimated to have Long Covid. Toby & his family describe the harsh reality & impact of this disease. Dr Binita Kane says the NHS is not keeping up with the massive challenge Long #Covid represents. The article also mentions reinfection as an elephant in the room.
“In a recent piece Betsy Ladyzhets [from The Sick Times] reports about problems with RECOVER based on documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. We talked the other day about her findings.”
"There have been 5230 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday, and 20 further deaths attributed to the virus." "It comes just weeks after Covid cases spiked to their highest level in 18 months"
The CDC recommends people 65 and over get a Spring redundant dose of that year's Fall #COVID vaccine.
"Illinois emergency rooms saw a nearly 30% increase in patients testing positive for COVID-19 during the week ending June 8. Illinois is one of nearly a dozen states that reported at least a moderate uptick that week."
"This comes as emergency room visits for COVID-19 in King County have been on the rise for weeks. The most recent data from King County shows COVID-19 accounted for nearly 250 emergency room visits over one week in June."
[Translated: ] Four years and three months after COVID-19 broke out in Puerto Rico – as in the rest of the planet – the positivity rate of the virus continues to grow, registering yesterday, Tuesday, a record figure of 43.92%, never before seen in the island since the first case was reported in March 2020.
what the fuck do we do. theyve destroyed communication in gaza. they keep bombing. we don't even know how bad it is. if it was that bad when the world was watching. Jesus.
"But if the plight of adults with long COVID remains poorly understood, the millions of children who have it worldwide are practically invisible, their suffering — and the formative years they're losing to this disease — obscured by the myths that COVID is "harmless" for kids and the pandemic is "over".