The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 can pass through the blood-brain barrier of mice. The protein likely causes the brain to release cytokines and spark neuroinflammation. The findings add to growing evidence that COVID-19 can enter the brain of those infe…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Pain Relief Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Infection May Help Explain Coronavirus Spread
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 suppresses pain. Findings suggest the pain suppression caused by the infection may be responsible for viral spread, as people do not feel as ill as they actually are.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: COVID-19 May Deplete Testosterone
A new study suggests COVID-19 may deplete testosterone levels in males. Findings reveal as testosterone decreased, the severity of coronavirus increased. Men who died from coronavirus infection had significantly lower mean testosterone than those who r…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Substance Use Disorders Linked to COVID-19 Susceptibility
People with a history of substance use disorder are more susceptible to COVID-19 infection and have an increased risk of experiencing worse outcomes, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Post-COVID Syndrome Severely Damages Children’s Hearts
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, a Kawasaki-like disease that appears to result from COVID-19 infections, damages the heart to such an extent that children will need lifelong monitoring and interventions.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Children With No COVID-19 Symptoms May Shed Virus for Weeks
A new study COVID-19 study reveals children with coronavirus, even those who are asymptomatic, can shed the virus for up to three weeks following infection.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Scientists Prove SARS-CoV-2 Potential to Infect Human Brain Organoids
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can infect human neural progenitor cells and brain organoids. The findings back previous research, finding coronavirus can infect the human brain.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Coronavirus-Related Children’s Diseases Linked to Blood Cell Changes
PIMS-TS, a Kawasaki-like disease that affects children with COVID-19, causes changes in monocytes, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Google Searches During Pandemic Hint at Future Increase in Suicide
Study reveals Google searches for information about financial difficulties and disaster relief increased significantly during March and April compared to pre-pandemic months, while searches related to suicide decreased. Previous research found financia…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Hearing Deterioration Reported by Discharged COVID-19 Patients
Deterioration in hearing and persistent tinnitus may be another feature of COVID-19 infection, researchers report. A significant number of patients reported hearing loss and other auditory problems eight weeks after being discharged from hospital for c…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Young Kids Could Spread COVID-19 As Much As Older Children and Adults
Children younger than five with mild-to-moderate coronavirus have might higher levels of genetic materials for the virus in their noses compared to older children and adults. The findings suggest young children as able to transmit COVID-19 to the same …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Genetic Mutations Predispose Individuals to Severe COVID-19
Study identifies the TLR7 gene as an essential player in the immune response against coronavirus infection.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: We Are Mutating Coronavirus, but It Is Evolving Back
Study reveals mutations of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may not be a random process, but instead, humans are mutating it as part of a defense mechanism to degrade the virus. The findings may help in the creation of a vaccine for coronavi…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How COVID-19 Causes Smell Loss
Infection of non-neuronal supporting cells in the nose and forebrain may be responsible for the olfactory problems associated with COVID-19. Findings suggest olfactory sensory neurons are not vulnerable to coronavirus infection as they do not express A…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: UK’s Vaccine Against COVID-19 Is Safe and Induces an Immune Reaction
A COVID-19 vaccine under trial in the UK is safe, has few side effects, and induces a strong immune response in both parts of the immune system within 14 days of administration.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Delirium, Rare Brain Inflammation and Stroke Linked to Covid-19
Coronavirus infection can lead to an array of neurological complications, including delirium, stroke, and a rare, often fatal neuroinflammatory condition called ADEM. The neurological complications did not always correlate with the severity of respirat…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Supports Link Between COVID-19 and “COVID Toes”
Study supports the link between chilblains, or COVID-toes, and coronavirus infection. Researchers report endothelial damage induced by COVID-19 infection could be the key mechanism causing the lesions.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: First UK-wide study describes brain complications in some patients with severe COVID-19
A new study highlights the most common neurological and psychological complications that arise as a result of coronavirus infection. The most common brain complication was stroke, reported in 77 of 125 patients studied. Of those, 57 patients had a stro…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Statin use is linked to lower death rate in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Cholesterol-lowering statins show promise for the treatment of severe coronavirus infections. Statins lowered the death rate and decreased the need for mechanical ventilation in patients hospitalized for severe COVID-19.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Clear signs of brain injury with severe COVID-19
Some coronavirus patients exhibit clinical and neurochemical signs of brain injury associated with the viral infection. COVID-19 patients who required ventilation had increased plasma NfL levels. The higher NfL concentration levels were linked to the s…
