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Preferential and sustained platelet activation in COVID-19 survivors with mental disorders Maugeri, Norma; De Lorenzo, Rebecca; Mazza, Mario Gennaro; Palladini, Mariagrazia; Ciceri, Fabio; Rovere-Querini, Patrizia; Manfredi, Angelo A.; Benedetti, Francesco Pre-existing mental disorders are...

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein potentiates platelet aggregation via upregulating integrin αIIbβ3 outside-in signaling pathway Wang, Ruijie; Tian, Zezhong; Zhu, Meiyan; Zhang, Bingying; Li, Yanzhang; Zheng, Yiqi; Mao, Yuheng; Zhao, Yimin; Yang, Yan Platelet hyperreactivity is one of the crucial causes...

TLR2/4 are novel activating receptors for SARS-CoV-2 spike protein on NK cells Landolina, Nadine; Ricci, Biancamaria; Veneziani, Irene; Alicata, Claudia; Mariotti, Francesca Romana; Pelosi, Andrea; Quatrini, Linda; Mortari, Eva Piano; Carsetti, Rita; Vacca, Paola; Tumino, Nicola; Azzarone...

From the #MEAction website: Questions to Ask Prospective MPs About ME/CFS https://www.meaction.net/2024/06/04/questions-to-ask-prospective-mps-about-me-cfs/

In communities of color, long-covid patients are tired of being sick and neglected Regular link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/05/28/long-covid-patients-of-color-black-latino/ Gift link (no paywall for 2 weeks): https://wapo.st/3wSGcYO Further down in the article there's a quote...

An episode from Ground Truths, a podcast by Eric Topol: Svetlana Blitshteyn: On the Front Line With Long Covid and POTS https://erictopol.substack.com/p/svetlana-blitshteyn-on-the-front Episode is about 53 minutes long. Transcript included.

Extreme γ′ fibrinogen levels in COVID-19 patients Hudkins; Hamilton; Underwood; Kazmierczak; Dewey; Kazmierczak; Messer; Khan; Schreiber; Farrell COVID-19 disease progression can be accompanied by a “cytokine storm” that leads to secondary sequelae such as acute respiratory distress syndrome...

[I think this belongs here - please move if necessary] A Fight About Viruses in the Air Is Finally Over. Now It’s Time for Healthy Venting https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-fight-about-viruses-in-the-air-is-finally-over-now-its-time-for-healthy/

An amyloidogenic fragment of the SARS CoV-2 envelope protein promotes serum amyloid A misfolding and fibrillization Asal Nady; Sean E Reichheld; Simon Sharpe SARS CoV-2 infection can affect a surprising number of organs in the body and cause symptoms such as abnormal blood coagulation...

I don't know anything about this event other than what's at the link. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ed-yong-public-lecture-on-long-covid-tickets-849000241577 I am impressed by the mandatory safety protocols:

The S1 subunits of SARS-CoV-2 variants differentially trigger the IL-6 signaling pathway in human brain endothelial cells and downstream impact on microglia activation Michael Stangis; Daniel Adesse; Bhavya Sharma; Eduardo Castro; Kush Kumar; Neil Kumar; Masha Minevich; Michal Toborek...

Persistent hypofibrinolysis in severe COVID-19 associated with elevated fibrinolysis inhibitors activity Okazaki, Erica; Barion, Bárbara Gomes; da Rocha, Tania Rubia Flores; Di Giacomo, Giovanna; Ho, Yeh-Li; Rothschild, Cynthia; Fatobene, Giancarlo; de Carvalho Moraes, Bruna del Guerra...

ACE-2-like enzymatic activity is associated with immunoglobulin in COVID-19 patients Yufeng Song; Regan Myers; Frances Mehl; Lila Murphy; Bailey Brooks; Jeffrey M. Wilson; Alexandra Kadl; Judith Woodfolk; Steven L. Zeichner Many mechanisms responsible for COVID-19 pathogenesis are...

Protecting yourself from COVID-19 these days is hard. And it comes at a cost. https://www.marketplace.org/2024/03/20/protecting-yourself-from-covid-19-these-days-is-hard-and-it-comes-at-a-cost/

Fear of COVID fades even as virus remains a ‘significant threat,’ survey reveals https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/survey-covid-fear-fades-even-virus-remains-18940241.php

The role of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing post-COVID-19 thromboembolic and cardiovascular complications Núria Mercadé-Besora; Xintong Li; Raivo Kolde; Nhung TH Trinh; Maria T Sanchez-Santos; Wai Yi Man; Elena Roel; Carlen Reyes; Antonella Delmestri; Hedvig M E Nordeng; Anneli Uusküla; Talita...

I rarely go out and seem to have ended up with a bunch of useless masks. I'd like better ones. I gather that cotton ones, even with a tissue layer, aren't much good; I've bought some that are supposed to be better, but they don't fit, so presumably are 100% useless for self-protection. What are...

Abstract This study aimed to estimate the incidence rates of post–COVID-19 fatigue and chronic fatigue and to quantify the additional incident fatigue caused by COVID-19. We analyzed electronic health records data of 4,589 patients with confirmed COVID-19 during February 2020–February 2021 who...

The impact of Covid-19 vaccination in Aotearoa New Zealand: A modelling study Datta; Vattiato; Maclaren; Hua; Sporle; Plank Aotearoa New Zealand implemented a Covid-19 elimination strategy in 2020 and 2021, which enabled a large majority of the population to be vaccinated before being exposed...

Excess natural-cause mortality in US counties and its association with reported COVID-19 deaths Paglino, Eugenio; Lundberg, Dielle J.; Wrigley-Field, Elizabeth; Zhou, Zhenwei; Wasserman, Joe A.; Raquib, Rafeya; Chen, Yea-Hung; Hempstead, Katherine; Preston, Samuel H.; Elo, Irma T.; Glymour, M...