Researchers evaluated the characteristics, severity, course of infection, and disease outcomes in COVID-19 patients with and without Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases (SARDs). Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren’s syndrome, Psoriasis, Type 1 Diabetes, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Glomerulonephritis, amongst others, were included in the study.
Read More »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 »This Week in Virology podcast discusses the finding that infection with SARS-CoV-2 leads to an increase in new and preexisting autoantibodies. Find the episode here!
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