COVID-19 Updates
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Epilepsy Linked to Higher COVID Hospitalization, Death Rates
Individuals with epilepsy had a 60% higher risk for hospitalization and a 33% higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than those without the disorder...
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Cognitive Deficits After Most Severe COVID Cases Associated With 9-Point IQ Drop
Memory, reasoning, and executive function were among the most sensitive to COVID-19–related cognitive differences.
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COVID Virus Can Remain in the Body Over a Year
The antigens were found more often in people who were hospitalized with COVID or who reported being very sick but were not hospitalized.
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New Data on Mild COVID’s Risk for Neurologic, Psychiatric Disorders
A year after infection, mild COVID did not increase risk for psychiatric disease, study says.
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COVID-19 Is a Very Weird Virus
COVID may cause immune system dysfunction that puts patients at risk for autoimmunity.
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Increased Risk of New Rheumatic Disease Follows COVID-19 Infection
While previous studies had identified a link between COVID-19 infection and greater risk of autoimmune disease, a new study is perhaps the largest...
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Paxlovid Lowers Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalization, Study Finds
A new study reports treatment with Paxlovid can significantly reduce risk of hospitalization from COVID.
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Mixing Paxlovid With Specific Immunosuppressants Risks Serious Adverse Reactions
The EMA has warned that Paxlovid should only be administered alongside tacrolimus, ciclosporin, everolimus, or sirolimus if their blood levels can...
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Long COVID: Another Great Pretender
The list of symptom is so long and complex and overlaps with so many other illnesses that a definitive diagnosis may be impossible.
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New Evidence Suggests Long COVID Could Be a Brain Injury
Viral-borne brain injury discovered in patients with long COVID symptoms of brain fog, study finds.