Researchers are uncovering how long COVID affects the central nervous system and the mechanisms that drive long COVID symptoms. A recent paper published in Cell aimed to gather information on the various hypotheses covering these two topics.
Read More »Are ME/CFS and long COVID similar conditions, with the only difference being the trigger driving their development? Scientists evaluated levels of depressive symptoms, fatigue, sleep quality, anxiety, and olfactory and cognitive functions in 42 ME/CFS patients and 73 long COVID patients to find out if this is the case.
Read More »Researchers in Hungary investigated the efficacy of COVID-19 boosters in patients with autoimmune rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. They also studied whether a SARS-CoV-2 infection following a two-dose primary series increased antibody production by the immune system in lieu of a booster.
Read More »Researchers analyzed 10,900 self-reported patient responses from the COVAD online global survey. The survey included data regarding COVID-19 severity and breakthrough infections amongst those with myositis and other systemic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
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