Heart-disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case
Massive study shows a long-term, substantial rise in risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke, after a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Repeat COVID is riskier than first infection, study finds
The findings were drawn from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data collected from March 1, 2020 through April 6, 2022 on 443,588 patients with one SARS-CoV-2 infection, 40,947 with two or more infections, and 5.3 million noninfected individuals.
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Nirmatrelvir and the Risk of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19
Important new preprint just posted: Paxlovid treatment for Covid associated with ~25% reduction of #LongCovid, beyond less death and hospitalization reduction
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People who caught mild Covid had increased risk of blood clots, British study finds
Patients hospitalized with Covid were 27 times more likely to develop blood clots, 21 times more likely to suffer heart failure and 17 times more likely to have a stroke, according to the study.
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The Long Haul
Inside one neurologist’s quest to solve the mystery of COVID’s most puzzling complication.
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Blood abnormalities found in people with Long Covid
The Long Covid blood samples were also awash with a category of “exhausted” T cells that can be recognized by certain markers they express. Such cells surge in the ongoing presence of pathogens—suggesting “the bodies of people with Long Covid are actively fighting something,” Putrino says.
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Context Check: Climate Change
A dive into relevant climate change links.
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Different Experiences with the Data: DC's COVID Math
Making reopening seem safe (or never shutting down in the first place) was an easy way to keep people spending, business interests happy, and increasingly vital social services funded. Eight months into the pandemic, it’s obvious that this strategy failed to stop the spread of Covid-19.
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In these rural parts of the country, medical resources to battle COVID-19 are limited
COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are soaring in areas that have previously been relatively unaffected -- including rural, less populated states in the West and Midwest.
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Antibody tests support what’s been obvious: Covid-19 is much more lethal than the flu.
20 times worse than a bad flu season