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Mask requirements are returning to health care settings across parts of the Bay Area, as health officials brace for the annual surge in respiratory illnesses — including COVID, influenza and RSV.

COVID-19 has increasingly been linked to neurological complications that may overlap with those observed in neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases. In this study, we analyzed single-cell RNA-sequen...

The MAHA movement claims to focus on improving our health, but by every measure, it’s doing the opposite. Watch ⬇️⬇️ https://youtu.be/-dHd0XbeFD0?si=7EYsNtAjBGqBkM7L Discouraging life-saving vaccin...

Is Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Going To Start Spreading In People This Year?

Jonathan Howard MD's sequal to We Want Them Infected is out now

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Many patients with long COVID experience brain fog, but the reasons are not well understood. A new study links brain fog to a type of neurotransmitter receptor.

ME/CFS and long COVID patients must qualify as 'medically frail'

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Acute prolonged sitting increases blood pressure (BP) and arterial stiffness (AS). Both of these may be mitigated via light physical activity (LPA). Whether long COVID (LC), which partly manifests as...

Background Since 2020, recognition of long COVID (post-acute sequelae of COVID-19) has prompted rapid multidisciplinary research across medicine, public health, psychology, and the social sciences. Th...

“If we stopped testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.” – Donald Trump, June 15 2020

Background Covid-19 is a pandemic acute infectious disease that emerged in 2019. It is estimated that 10–20% will develop persistent symptoms, known as long Covid or post-Covid syndrome. The risk factors for the development of this syndrome are still being studied. Psychosocial factors are known to increase the duration and severity of respiratory infections. Aims (i) to review current knowledge of the link between past psychiatric history and the development of long Covid; (ii) to obtain information on the psychological experience of the initial infection; (iii) to establish a link between the presence of psychiatric symptoms during the acute phase and the development of long Covid. Method We conducted a systematic review according to PRISMA standards using the Pubmed, Science Direct and Scopus databases. We included observational studies of adult subjects with long Covid whose psychiatric and/or addictive histories were searched. Results A total of 36 articles were included in our review. Depression and anxiety appear to be risk factors for the development of long Covid. There is no consensus on the contribution of smoking to the onset of the syndrome. The negative psychological experience of the acute infection favours the persistence of symptoms. Psychological symptoms during the acute phase, studied in only one of our articles, seem to contribute to the persistence of concentration and attention problems. Conclusion Psychological comorbidities pre-existing COVID-19 infection, in particular depression and anxiety, as well as a poor psychological experience of the acute phase, may favour the development of long Covid. Trial registration number PROSPERO registration number CRD42023391720.

A new report shows preventable harm continues to be a significant issue in Canadian hospitals, affecting thousands of patients and adding pressure to the health-care system.

Large-scale longitudinal health records reveal consistent association of varicella-zoster virus reactivation with dementia.

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