Category: Side Effects
Austria to drop all coronavirus restrictions
The Austrian government is easing almost all Covid restrictions from the 5th March 2022. More...
Preprint: Omicron BA.1 infection in mink leads to symptomatic disease with lung pathology and transmission
Experimental infection of American mink with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant BA.1 show that minks remain virus RNA positive for days, develop clinical signs and histopathological changes, and transmit the virus to uninfected recipient. More...
Denmark abandons its Covid-19 vaccination program
The Danish National Board of Health is to end its Covid-19 vaccination program.
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Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in human testes
“The virus remains infective after a long infection period in the testes (viral reservoir)”
This is the first study that shows:
1) the high SARS-CoV-2 tropism to the testis
2) one mode of SARS-CoV-2 entrance in testes
3) SARS-CoV-2 preferred infection and replication in spermatogonia and macrophages
4) that the virus remains infective after a long infection period in the testes (viral reservoir)
5) high levels of angiotensin II and activated mast cells and macrophages are critical players in promoting all testicular alterations
6) the more extended severe condition, the lower the number of surviving germ cells
7) fluctuation in several essential testicular genes
8) that the intratesticular testosterone levels are 30 times reduced in testes of COVID-19 patients
9) the prevalent types of collagen present in SARS-CoV-2 mediated testicular fibrosis
10) the fluctuation of vasoconstrictive peptides in testes of COVID-19 critically ill patients
Medrxiv Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 infects, replicates, elevates angiotensin II and activates immune cells in human testes
UK ONS: 2% of the British population have Long Covid
An estimated 1.3 million people living in private households in the UK (2.1% of the population) were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 2 January 2022. More...
Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 invades the brain and activates an Alzheimers-like program
Here, we show that SARS-CoV-2 invades the brains of five patients with COVID-19 and Alzheimers, autism, frontotemporal dementia or no underlying condition by infecting neurons and other cells in the cortex. More...
Omicron: Unexpected cases of children with convulsions
Convulsions may be a sign of the Omicron variant in children with COVID-19
Two boys aged 3 months and 21 months tested positive for the virus and a 14-year-old boy tested negative, but had a cold and family members who had tested positive. More...
Israel: Increase in children suffering from neurological effects of COVID and PIMS
Symptoms include inflammation of brain and seizures. Research published in a leading pediatric neurology journal found 44% of children hospitalized with COVID had at least one neurological symptom as a result of illness. More...
Preprint: 75% of Covid ICU patients report symptoms after one year
Of 246 patients who were alive 1 year following ICU treatment for COVID-19, 74.3% reported physical symptoms, 26.2% reported mental symptoms, and 16.2% reported cognitive symptoms. More...
Norway: 248 deaths and nearly 52,000 reports of other Covid vaccine side-effects
From a population of just 5.3 million people, Norway has reported a total of 248 deaths as suspected side effects after a Covid vaccine, according to the latest Adverse Reaction Report from the Norwegian Medicines Agency, published on Thursday, 20th January. More...