· A drug originally developed for celiac disease was found to be safe and effective in treating a post-COVID syndrome in children
· “Dormant cancer cells are like the embers left in an abandoned campfire, and respiratory viruses are like a strong wind that reignites the flames,” said one of the authors of a new study in Nature
· An upcoming at-home clinical trial program for #LongCOVID, run by Scripps Research, is seeking participants

https://thesicktimes.org/2025/08/05/research-updates-august-5/

#ResearchUpdates #COVID19

There will be a reckoning, I fear, for how we allow children to be repeatedly infected with #COVID19

STUDY: "Significant cardiac changes in adolescents post-COVID-19 indicate the risk of cardiovascular complications and the need for long-term follow-up. Significant cardiac changes, including increased fatigue, cardiac arrhythmia, and inadequate night-time BP decrease, have been identified in adolescents. Heart rhythm abnormalities were found in 35% of children."

https://brieflands.com/articles/ircrj-161434

· A drug originally developed for celiac disease was found to be safe and effective in treating a post-COVID syndrome in children
· “Dormant cancer cells are like the embers left in an abandoned campfire, and respiratory viruses are like a strong wind that reignites the flames,” said one of the authors of a new study in Nature
· An upcoming at-home clinical trial program for #LongCOVID, run by Scripps Research, is seeking participants

https://thesicktimes.org/2025/08/05/research-updates-august-5/

#ResearchUpdates #COVID19

There will be a reckoning, I fear, for how we allow children to be repeatedly infected with #COVID19

STUDY: "Significant cardiac changes in adolescents post-COVID-19 indicate the risk of cardiovascular complications and the need for long-term follow-up. Significant cardiac changes, including increased fatigue, cardiac arrhythmia, and inadequate night-time BP decrease, have been identified in adolescents. Heart rhythm abnormalities were found in 35% of children."

https://brieflands.com/articles/ircrj-161434

With an unmatched spike in public debt, 1.2 million extra people on sickness benefits and a record postwar tax burden, Britain’s economy is still suffering from "long COVID-19." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/04/economy/long-covid-uk-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #uk#covid19 #europe #globaleconomy

STUDY of #COVID19 infection risks for commuting via train with an infected individual talking continuously for 26 minutes in a lightly crowded compartment:

- No risk existed during a short metro ride of 2 minutes.
- Overall infection risk was 1.75%.
- Risk for seated passengers was higher than that for standing passengers.
- Over 80% of infections occurred within 1.5 m of the source passenger, and 100% occurred within 2.6 m.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2210670725005670

STUDY of #COVID19 infection risks for commuting via train with an infected individual talking continuously for 26 minutes in a lightly crowded compartment:

- No risk existed during a short metro ride of 2 minutes.
- Overall infection risk was 1.75%.
- Risk for seated passengers was higher than that for standing passengers.
- Over 80% of infections occurred within 1.5 m of the source passenger, and 100% occurred within 2.6 m.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2210670725005670

The more you're vaccinated, the lower the odds of Long COVID.

STUDY: "Long COVID outcome was inversely associated with the number of #COVID19 vaccination doses (one dose odds ratio (OR) 0.77, two doses OR 0.73, three doses OR 0.64, four doses OR 0.29)."

Four doses were associated with a 71% decrease in Long COVID risk compared to no vaccination.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221133552500227X

The more you're vaccinated, the lower the odds of Long COVID.

STUDY: "Long COVID outcome was inversely associated with the number of #COVID19 vaccination doses (one dose odds ratio (OR) 0.77, two doses OR 0.73, three doses OR 0.64, four doses OR 0.29)."

Four doses were associated with a 71% decrease in Long COVID risk compared to no vaccination.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221133552500227X

New data on disabilities in the workforce has been released by the Federal Reserve, and we're at a record level of disabilities that are still rising. Disabilities in the US started rapidly rising right about the time we got tired of masks and decided repeated reinfections with #COVID19 was no big deal. Despite thousands of studies that find COVID can affect chronic health, we continue to pretend that this abrupt and continuing 40% increase in disabilities is a mystery.

New data on disabilities in the workforce has been released by the Federal Reserve, and we're at a record level of disabilities that are still rising. Disabilities in the US started rapidly rising right about the time we got tired of masks and decided repeated reinfections with #COVID19 was no big deal. Despite thousands of studies that find COVID can affect chronic health, we continue to pretend that this abrupt and continuing 40% increase in disabilities is a mystery.

· Two studies on potential biomarkers for #MECFS were published this month
· Stellate ganglion blocks, a procedure where an anesthetic is injected into nerves in the neck, may help reduce the severity of some symptoms of #LongCOVID and ME
· An observational study is recruiting 40 people in Boston, Massachusetts to test for defects of air and blood flow in the lungs in people with Long COVID

https://thesicktimes.org/2025/07/29/research-updates-july-29/

#ResearchUpdate #COVID19

In den letzten Monaten sind gleich mehrere Artikel über die Auswirkungen von #COVID19 auf das Gehirn erschienen. Es kann zu strukturellen Schäden und zu kognitiven Einschränkungen führen. Bei Menschen mit #LongCovid, aber auch bei Menschen, die die Infektion scheinbar schadlos überstanden haben. Bei älteren Menschen, aber auch bei jungen Studierenden und sogar bei Vorschulkindern und Babys, der Mütter sich am Ende der Schwangerschaft angesteckt haben.

Im Blog #AllCoronavirusesAreBastards gibt es einen Überblick:

https://allcoronavirusesarebastards.digitalpress.blog/covid-19-strukturelle-schaden-des-gehirns-und-die-kognitiven-fahigkeiten/

There are many well-intended people doing very unhelpful things with #COVID19 speculation these days.

If an anti-alcohol advocate posted that every single accident was caused by drunk driving without evidence, no one would listen to them. They'd lose their influence.

Yet, today, COVID influencers scream about every celeb illness or plane accident as if COVID and Long COVID are the cause. 1/2

At the NY college I currently attend, they have been having High School seniors touring daily this week. Almost ALL of them were carrying masks and wearing them indoors.
Multiple groups, many different schools.
With Covid on the slow rise in NY for the anticipated summer wave, my Public Health pride burst a button.

Why is it so hard for some people not to take such a simple precaution?

#PublicHealth#Covid19 #WearAMask#GetVaccinated #CovidIsNotOver

At the NY college I currently attend, they have been having High School seniors touring daily this week. Almost ALL of them were carrying masks and wearing them indoors.
Multiple groups, many different schools.
With Covid on the slow rise in NY for the anticipated summer wave, my Public Health pride burst a button.

Why is it so hard for some people not to take such a simple precaution?

#PublicHealth#Covid19 #WearAMask#GetVaccinated #CovidIsNotOver

Asked an AI if there is another virus that reinfects people as quickly or often as #COVID19:

No virus reinfects as quickly and frequently as SARS-CoV-2 with the same combination of high transmissibility, immune evasion, and global impact.

SARS-CoV-2’s unique combination of rapid mutation (e.g., Omicron variants), high transmissibility (R0 often 5–10+ for variants), and ability to evade both natural and vaccine-induced immunity makes it stand out. .

Asked an AI if there is another virus that reinfects people as quickly or often as #COVID19:

No virus reinfects as quickly and frequently as SARS-CoV-2 with the same combination of high transmissibility, immune evasion, and global impact.

SARS-CoV-2’s unique combination of rapid mutation (e.g., Omicron variants), high transmissibility (R0 often 5–10+ for variants), and ability to evade both natural and vaccine-induced immunity makes it stand out. .

Right now, #COVID19 infection risks are low in Wisconsin (where I live) and parts of the nation (but much higher in some states in the south and west). But please realize that we are STILL dealing with a NEW virus that we've known about for just five years. We've never had a virus that reinfects people as quickly as does COVID. We don't know what one COVID infection may do to people 7 to 10 years later. We certainly don't know what five or ten infections will do to people.

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· A treatment for cats with a #COVID19-related infection may help advance #LongCOVID research
· The supplement Oxaloacetate may help reduce fatigue for LC, but it “did not reach statistical significance,” according to a new study at Bateman Horne Center
· A new prospective cohort study in JAMA Oncology of 1,572 participants with cancer found that COVID-19 had a “significant impact” on these patients, incl. hospitalization, treatment disruptions, death

https://thesicktimes.org/2025/07/22/research-updates-july-22/

#ResearchUpdate