ADHD was linked to higher risk of COVID infection, worse acute illness, and long COVID.
The article frames this as a clue that ADHD is not just brain based, with immune and inflammatory pathways possibly involved.
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre studied 372 people assessed for POTS from 2014 to 2025.
Antidepressant or anti-anxiety use rose from 20.8% before Oct 2022 to 37.3% after, reaching 48.3% in confirmed POTS.
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Mice exposed to a COVID mRNA vaccine before birth did not develop lasting autism-like behaviors.
The vaccine triggered a small, temporary immune response in pregnancy, but no signs of widespread inflammation in the fetal brain.
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A JAMA Forum argues HHS needs clear national health goals and an empowered public health leader, while warning that strong leadership without evidence, process, or staff trust can cause harm.
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, review.
Infection may raise Alzheimer’s risk through pathogen persistence and immune activation, with ASC specks helping seed amyloid and tau.
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La Trobe University and WEHI, 5 human donors plus aged mice, found dying infected cells package live SARS-CoV-2 into apoptotic bodies.
Macrophages swallow them, triggering inflammasome and NF-κB inflammation.
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VA St Louis Health Care System, 1,039,659 veterans.
The 2024-25 COVID vaccine was associated with 37.7% lower risk of COVID-linked major cardiovascular events over 8 months, with the clearest benefit after age 75.
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Université de Sherbrooke, 25 participants.
Tailored exercise in Long COVID shifted plasma proteins linked to immune signaling, vascular integrity, and oxidative stress.
The signal suggests biological remodeling, though cannot prove causation.
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Washington University School of Medicine studied 59.5M Medicare beneficiaries in 2019 and 63.2M in 2022.
Chronic conditions were coded less often after COVID-19, changing mortality links and risking bias in claims-based research.
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Technical University of Munich, 204 participants.
Long COVID patients had weaker grip and greater fatigability than recovered controls, persisting over 6 months.
Poorer muscle function predicted later fatigue and symptom burden.
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A growing body of evidence suggests that people with ADHD may be at risk for anxiety, disordered eating, migraines, long covid and other problems.
IntroductionPost-COVID condition (PCC) encompasses a spectrum of clinical symptoms affecting multiple organs that persist for >3 months after resolution of t...
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This JAMA Forum discusses spending, recent cuts to funding and programs, and sweeping goals of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the subagencies it oversees.
Background Post-COVID syndrome (PCS) is characterized by persistent heterogeneous symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection, yet objective biomarkers for symptom severity and longitudinal disease trajectori...
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This study reveals a novel, druggable route for SARS-CoV-2 infection and inflammatory responses in macrophages, thus expanding our understanding of COVID-19 pathogenesis and demonstrating a therapeuti...
This cross-sectional study examines chronic conditions and mortality in fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare Advantage in 2019 and 2022, before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
