Cytotoxicity is the ability of a cell to damage another cell. Natural killer (NK) cells use this ability to destroy infected and diseased cells – a function that is crucial in the immune system. Resea...

The error - affecting England and Wales - raises concerns about the impact on the government's approach to drug deaths.

A new Covid variant, Stratus (XFG), is rapidly spreading worldwide. It's highly contagious, and can result in a nasty bug, but vaccines remain effective, experts say

Using an N95 respirator for 4 h continuously did not adversely affect work efficiency. Although prolonged work under conditions of discomfort should be avoided, it is unlikely that N95 respirators wil...

Molecular Psychiatry - Brain and muscle chemistry in myalgic encephalitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID: a 7T magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Here, we assessed the prevalence of post-COVID-condition (PCC, also known as long-COVID) and investigated its associations with health-related quality of life and immune-related biomarkers in track an...

The High Court ruled in 2022 that government policies on discharging hospital patients into care homes at the start of the pandemic were ‘unlawful’

The clinical consequences of repeated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection are unclear, especially as they relate to long-term symptom

<span><b>Background/Objectives:</b> The aetiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), a chronic and severe debilitating disease with a complex phenotype, remains elusive. A...

Many of the protections and behaviours that helped us during the pandemic — like staying home when sick, wearing masks, and improving ventilation – have quietly disappeared, say Independent readers

Liraglutide, part of the family of blockbuster weight-loss drugs, reduces headaches by half in a small study.

YouTube video by Jarred Younger, PhD

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine is published quarterly by the South Pacific Medicine Underwater Society and the European Underwater and Baromedical Society.

Dysregulated CD4 T cells that recognize gut commensal antigens are able to infiltrate the central nervous systems and are re-stimulated by host proteins, resulting in neuroinflammation.

As a new Covid variant spreads across the UK, we’re asking: did we learn the right lessons from the pandemic, or are we slipping back into old habits?

From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.

Background Clinically coded long COVID cases in electronic health records are incomplete, despite reports of rising cases of long COVID. Aim To determine patient characteristics associated with clini...

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in another global health crisis with millions of individuals with Long Covid experiencing disability, worse health-related quality of life, and productivity and inc...

Aim To assess children's self or parental-rated health following Aotearoa New Zealand's (NZ) first widespread community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in February 2022. Methods This cross-sectional st...

The project operates under the premise that patients from different social, cultural and professional backgrounds participate in online discussions about long Covid and that these individuals work tow...

Following SARS-CoV-2 infection, some individuals develop Long-COVID-syndrome lasting for more than 3 months. We analyzed blood samples from patients with Long-COVID, controls without persistent sympto...

The British National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published its updated guidelines for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in October 2021. NICE concluded, a...

Persistent immune disturbances in individuals with PCS are characterized by reduced SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell responses, increased B cell activation, and altered inflammatory and vascular biomarkers....

<span><b>Background:</b> A significant number of COVID-19 survivors around the world have been reporting persistent symptoms following their recovery. Long COVID is recognized as a condition affecting...

A closer look at the techniques used by the Public Relations exercise that passes for Public Health strategy these days

YouTube video by Neuroinflammation, Pain, and Fatigue Lab at UAB

Lisa McCorkell, one of the founders of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative (or PLRC), recently stepped down after five years co-leading the organization. The Sick Times co-founder and managing edit...

Researchers find a clear link between how we perceive our own health and the risk of becoming ill and dying early.

Objectives This study aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the symptoms, coexisting conditions and service utilisation among people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) ...

We found that 9.7% of the British general population reported harm by the NHS, a higher rate than reported in two previous surveys. Our study used a broader and more inclusive definition of harm and w...

The long-term condition has no known cure say the NHS

SARS-CoV-2 infection indirectly leads to profound and post-acute COVID-19 alterations in the stomach at the cellular and molecular levels, resulting in adverse outcomes following co-infection with SAR...

Two journals embarked on efforts to compensate reviewers, with different results.

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An exhausted antiviral immune response is observed in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and post-SARS-CoV-2 syndrome, also termed long COVID. In this study, potential mechani...

The Office for Long COVID Research and Practice was instrumental in coordinating the U.S. government’s initiatives to treat, diagnose and prevent the mysterious postviral condition that affects millio...