Category: Side Effects
BMJ: We must have raw data for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments now
“despite the global rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, the anonymised participant level data underlying the trials for these new products remain inaccessible to doctors, researchers, and the public—and are likely to remain that way for years to come. More...
US: 44% of kids hospitalized with Covid developed neurological symptoms
44% of children hospitalized with Covid developed neurological symptoms, the most common being headache, acute encephalopathy and seizures. More...
Science Magazine: Covid vaccines may cause Long Covid–like symptoms
In November 2021, in the New England Journal of Medicine, William Murphy, an immunologist at the University of California, Davis proposed that an autoimmune mechanism triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein might explain both Long Covid symptoms and some rare vaccine side effects. More...
Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 cell-to-cell spread occurs rapidly and is insensitive to antibody neutralization
“Cell-to-cell spread of SARS-CoV-2 showed no sensitivity to monoclonal antibody or convalescent plasma neutralization. More...
COVID-19 patients show more signs of brain damage than Alzheimer’s sufferers
Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had higher levels over the short term of blood proteins known to rise with neurological damage than non–COVID-19 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, a new study finds. More...
Man’s penis shrinks by 1.5 inches after Covid-19 infection
A man in his 30s has claimed that his penis shrunk by a total of 1.5 inches after contracting COVID-19 last July. More...
EMA: Transverse Myelitis listed as potential side effect of AstraZeneca and Janssen Covid vaccines
The Europe Medicines Agency has recommended adding a rare spinal inflammation called transverse myelitis as a side effect of AstraZeneca’s and Janssen’s (Johnson and Johnson) COVID-19 vaccines. More...
Finland: 50% of infected adults have long COVID
Long COVID could become one of Finland’s largest groups of chronic diseases, according to a Finnish government Minister. More...
Sars-CoV-2 filmed attacking the brain of a bat
Sars-Cov-2 has been filmed attacking cells in a bat’s brain. More...
Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 persists throughout the human body and brain
“Our data prove that SARS-CoV-2 causes systemic infection and can persist in the body for months.” More...