COVID-19 Updates
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How do you live with COVID? One doctor’s personal experience
Early in 2020, Anne Peters, MD, caught COVID-19. The author of Medscape’s “Peters on Diabetes” column was sick in March 2020 before state-mandated...
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COVID-19 may trigger irritable bowel syndrome
Estimates of the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms with COVID-19 have ranged as high as 60%.
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Sexual dysfunction, hair loss linked with long COVID
The symptoms, among others, join a list of better-known symptoms linked to long COVID.
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One in eight COVID patients likely to develop long COVID: Large study
“This finding shows that post–COVID-19 condition is an urgent problem with a mounting human toll.”
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COVID smell loss tops disease severity as a predictor of long-term cognitive impairment
Severity of anosmia, but not clinical status, significantly predicted cognitive impairment.
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The impact of COVID-19 on adolescents’ mental health
While the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health of a wide range of individuals, its adverse effects have been particularly detrimental...
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Immune response may explain brain damage after COVID-19
Antibodies appear involved in an attack on the cells lining the brain’s blood vessels.
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Biden tests positive for COVID-19: White House
President Biden plans to isolate at the White House and “will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time.”
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Shift schedule today could worsen that stroke tomorrow
Plus: Feed your soul with online art, feed your “hangry” etymologist, but don’t feed anyone with SARS-CoV-2 from the freezer.
Conference Coverage
In utero COVID exposure tied to developmental differences in infants
“We don’t know if these effects will result in any longer-term issues,” but longer-term observation “may help us understand this.”
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FDA panel strongly backs protein-based Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
“Having a protein-based alternative may be more comfortable for some in terms of their acceptance of vaccines.”