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What Is Disease X? How Scientists Are Preparing For The Next Pandemic
It sounds like something Elon Musk might have cooked up: "Disease X." In fact, the term was coined years ago as a way of getting scientists to work on medical countermeasures for unknown infectious threats.
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Viruses Hiding Out in Patients Hold Long Covid Answer
Tracking microbes through a malodorous network of sewer lines led virologist Marc Johnson to the source of unusual coronavirus mutants.
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"Nightmares Of Writhing Black Snakes": Extended Misery For Covid Survivors
Three-quarters of survivors of critical Covid illness develop post-intensive care syndrome - a constellation of brain, lung and other physical problems - within three months of discharge.
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Five Patients Are Helping Doctors Crack The Long Covid Mystery
One felt her heart would explode out of her chest, another lost her ability to speak, and three others experienced unrelenting fatigue that left them confined to a bed, a bath or a wheelchair for much of each day.
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Even Mild Covid Is Linked To Higher Risk of Deadly Blood Clots: Study
Covid-19 at any level of severity is linked to an increased risk of dangerous blood clots that start in patients' veins and travel to the heart, lungs and other parts of the body, according to a UK study
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How To Avoid Long Covid: It's Serious But Here's What Experts Advise
Depression, anxiety, worries about the pandemic and other sources of distress prior to getting Covid-19 may increase the chance of developing persistent "long-haul" symptoms, a Harvard University study found.
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Finally, Some Good News On The Latest Covid Variants
The longer a virus can replicate inside a person before causing symptoms, the harder it can be to stop because of the greater potential for the infected to unknowingly spread it far and wide.
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Covid's Harmful Effects On The Brain Stay For Years
Covid-19 survivors remain at higher risk of psychotic disorders, dementia and similar conditions for at least two years, according to a large study that highlights the mounting burden of chronic illness left in the pandemic's wake.
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Long Covid Symptoms: Here's What To Look Out For
Striking decreases in the stress hormone cortisol were the strongest predictor for who develops long Covid in new research that identified several potential drivers of the lingering symptoms afflicting millions of survivors.
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Mystery Liver Disease Affects Children Globally: These Are The Symptoms
One child has died and more than a dozen have undergone liver transplants as a result of a mysterious outbreak of severe acute hepatitis that's sickened children in the U.K., the U.S. and 10 other countries
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18 Million Died Of Covid Worldwide, 4.1 Million In India, Says Study
The pandemic's death count may be three times higher than official Covid-19 records suggest, according to a study that found stark differences across countries and regions.
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Covid Can Shrink Brain As Much As Decade Of Aging, Claims Study
Even a mild case of Covid-19 can damage the brain and addle thinking, scientists found in a study that highlights the illness's alarming impact on mental function.
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Coronavirus Can Persist For Months In Heart, Brain: Study
The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can spread within days from the airways to the heart, brain and almost every organ system in the body, where it may persist for months, a study found.
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On Omicron vs Vaccines, New Grounds For Cautious Optimism
The earliest studies on omicron are in and the glimpse they're providing is cautiously optimistic: while vaccines like the one made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE may be less powerful against the new variant, protection can be fortified with boosters
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Pfizer Jab Provides Less Immunity To Omicron Than Other Variants: Study
Pfizer Inc.'s vaccine provides less immunity to the omicron variant than to other major versions of Covid-19, according to laboratory experiments that still indicated a third dose may help stop the highly mutated strain.
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What Is Disease X? How Scientists Are Preparing For The Next Pandemic
It sounds like something Elon Musk might have cooked up: "Disease X." In fact, the term was coined years ago as a way of getting scientists to work on medical countermeasures for unknown infectious threats.
-
Viruses Hiding Out in Patients Hold Long Covid Answer
Tracking microbes through a malodorous network of sewer lines led virologist Marc Johnson to the source of unusual coronavirus mutants.
-
"Nightmares Of Writhing Black Snakes": Extended Misery For Covid Survivors
Three-quarters of survivors of critical Covid illness develop post-intensive care syndrome - a constellation of brain, lung and other physical problems - within three months of discharge.
-
Five Patients Are Helping Doctors Crack The Long Covid Mystery
One felt her heart would explode out of her chest, another lost her ability to speak, and three others experienced unrelenting fatigue that left them confined to a bed, a bath or a wheelchair for much of each day.
-
Even Mild Covid Is Linked To Higher Risk of Deadly Blood Clots: Study
Covid-19 at any level of severity is linked to an increased risk of dangerous blood clots that start in patients' veins and travel to the heart, lungs and other parts of the body, according to a UK study
-
How To Avoid Long Covid: It's Serious But Here's What Experts Advise
Depression, anxiety, worries about the pandemic and other sources of distress prior to getting Covid-19 may increase the chance of developing persistent "long-haul" symptoms, a Harvard University study found.
-
Finally, Some Good News On The Latest Covid Variants
The longer a virus can replicate inside a person before causing symptoms, the harder it can be to stop because of the greater potential for the infected to unknowingly spread it far and wide.
-
Covid's Harmful Effects On The Brain Stay For Years
Covid-19 survivors remain at higher risk of psychotic disorders, dementia and similar conditions for at least two years, according to a large study that highlights the mounting burden of chronic illness left in the pandemic's wake.
-
Long Covid Symptoms: Here's What To Look Out For
Striking decreases in the stress hormone cortisol were the strongest predictor for who develops long Covid in new research that identified several potential drivers of the lingering symptoms afflicting millions of survivors.
-
Mystery Liver Disease Affects Children Globally: These Are The Symptoms
One child has died and more than a dozen have undergone liver transplants as a result of a mysterious outbreak of severe acute hepatitis that's sickened children in the U.K., the U.S. and 10 other countries
-
18 Million Died Of Covid Worldwide, 4.1 Million In India, Says Study
The pandemic's death count may be three times higher than official Covid-19 records suggest, according to a study that found stark differences across countries and regions.
-
Covid Can Shrink Brain As Much As Decade Of Aging, Claims Study
Even a mild case of Covid-19 can damage the brain and addle thinking, scientists found in a study that highlights the illness's alarming impact on mental function.
-
Coronavirus Can Persist For Months In Heart, Brain: Study
The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can spread within days from the airways to the heart, brain and almost every organ system in the body, where it may persist for months, a study found.
-
On Omicron vs Vaccines, New Grounds For Cautious Optimism
The earliest studies on omicron are in and the glimpse they're providing is cautiously optimistic: while vaccines like the one made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE may be less powerful against the new variant, protection can be fortified with boosters
-
Pfizer Jab Provides Less Immunity To Omicron Than Other Variants: Study
Pfizer Inc.'s vaccine provides less immunity to the omicron variant than to other major versions of Covid-19, according to laboratory experiments that still indicated a third dose may help stop the highly mutated strain.
