Long COVID or post-COVID-19 condition: past, present and future research directions

C Fernández-de-Las-Peñas, AV Raveendran… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The presence of symptoms after an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection (long-COVID) has become
a worldwide healthcare emergency but remains underestimated and undertreated due to a …

Challenges and opportunities in long COVID research

RE Hamlin, CA Blish - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
Long COVID (LC) is a condition in which patients do not fully recover from the initial SARS-
CoV-2 infection but rather have persistent or new symptoms for months to years following …

An intersectional analysis of long COVID prevalence

J Cohen, Y van der Meulen Rodgers - International journal for equity in …, 2023 - Springer
Background Long COVID symptoms–which include brain fog, depression, and fatigue–are
mild at best and debilitating at worst. Some US health surveys have found that women, lower …

Patients with unmet social needs are at higher risks of developing severe long COVID-19 symptoms and neuropsychiatric sequela

A Eligulashvili, M Darrell, M Gordon, W Jerome… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study investigated long COVID of patients in the Montefiore Health System COVID-19
(CORE) Clinics in the Bronx with an emphasis on identifying health related social needs …

An updated meta-analysis of Chinese herbal medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 based on Western-Eastern medicine

S Hu, D Luo, Q Zhu, J Pan, B Chen, M Furian… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background and aims: Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) was used to prevent and treat
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in clinical practices. Many studies have demonstrated …

Comparison of post-acute sequelae following hospitalization for COVID-19 and influenza

TH Liu, PY Huang, JY Wu, MH Chuang, WH Hsu… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Few studies have directly compared the risk and magnitude of post-acute
sequelae following COVID-19 and influenza, and most of these studies were conducted …

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spike Protein S1 Induces Methylglyoxal-Derived Hydroimidazolone/Receptor for Advanced …

D Manfredelli, M Pariano, C Costantini… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The pathogenesis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with a
hyperinflammatory response. The mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2-induced inflammation are …

The knowns and unknowns of long COVID-19: from mechanisms to therapeutical approaches

R Gheorghita, I Soldanescu, A Lobiuc… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been
defined as the greatest global health and socioeconomic crisis of modern times. While most …

Pharmacological evaluation of vitamin D in COVID-19 and long COVID-19: Recent studies confirm clinical validation and highlight metformin to improve VDR …

AA Gomaa, YA Abdel-Wadood, RH Thabet… - …, 2024 - Springer
Nearly four years after its first appearance, and having gone from pandemic to endemic, the
SARS-CoV-2 remains out of control globally. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the …

Vaccines for the Elderly and Vaccination Programs in Europe and the United States

C Anastassopoulou, S Ferous, S Medić, N Siafakas… - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
The share of the elderly population is growing worldwide as life expectancy increases.
Immunosenescence and comorbidities increase infectious diseases' morbidity and mortality …