In the wake of the pandemic, a striking discovery was made based on an extensive study that appeared in Lancet Infectious Diseases, published on September 30. The research illustrated how children and adolescents are doubly susceptible to long-COVID post a second coronavirus infection. The study, which involved the analysis of electronic medical records of nearly…
On September 18, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) introduced new initiatives designed to enhance the diagnosis and therapeutics associated with long COVID. These initiatives came in the wake of a roundtable discourse involving patients and healthcare experts. The series of actions linked to these initiatives is poised to advance research on the…
On 14th August, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international state of emergency in response to an alarming resurgence of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox). This resurgence, primarily concentrated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and multiple African nations, has rapidly turned into a widespread epidemic causing high levels of concern…
New research efforts led by Emily Hadley from RTI International suggest a stronger incidence of Long COVID following initial COVID-19 infections, compared to reinfections. The research team found substantial evidence that the severity of reinfections is closely tied to the severity of initial infections - a reality when dealing with 3 million studied patients. These…