Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19 - Nature

Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prog...

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Implications of RNA virus persistence for post-acute sequelae and chronic inflammatory syndromes - Nature Immunology

López and colleagues review recent evidence of RNA virus persistence and the associated consequences in terms of post-acute sequelae or chronic inflammatory syndromes.

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Respiratory viral infections prime accelerated lung cancer growth

Severe COVID-19 is associated with an increased subsequent risk of lung cancer. Viral pneumonia induces durable lung epigenetic imprinting that promotes tumor-supportive neutrophils and impairs T cell...

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Pfizer Lyme vaccine shows more than 70% efficacy but misses key statistical goal

There hasn't been an approved Lyme disease vaccine for more than 20 years, after GSK pulled its shot because of a lack of demand.

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Host control of persistent Epstein–Barr virus infection - Nature

Nature - Host control of persistent Epstein–Barr virus infection

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Donate to Keep LC Campaign Founder Housed and Medically Stable, organized by Melissa Mazur

Friends, Long COVID Campaign Founder Meighan Stone needs our help! … Melissa Mazur needs your support for Keep LC Campaign Founder Housed and Medically Stable

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Director of NIH neurological disorders institute is ousted, adding to leadership churn

Walter Koroshetz, director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, will soon be leaving his role, STAT has learned. His departure

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40 percent of MRI signals misinterpreted

Interpretation of numerous MRI data may be incorrect: blood flow is not a reliable indicator of brain activity.

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Seven Feel-Good Science Stories to Restore Your Faith in 2025

Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025

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40K views · 2.2K reactions | Talking Again in 2025 I started eating again in 2024. After 11 years not eating a crumb of food or even drinking a drop of water. I got all fluids and nutrition from tu...

Talking Again in 2025 I started eating again in 2024. After 11 years not eating a crumb of food or even drinking a drop of water. I got all fluids and nutrition from tubes inserted into my body....

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New study suggests a way to rejuvenate the immune system - Yang Tan Collective at MIT

Stimulating the liver to produce some of the signals of the thymus can reverse age-related declines in T-cell populations and enhance response to vaccination. Anne Trafton, MIT News As people age, the...

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The lingering shadow of epidemics: post-acute sequelae across history

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has drawn global attention to post-acute infection syndromes (PAIS), with millions affected by post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC, or Long COVID). While Long COVID is newly ...

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AirFanta air purifiers

Official website of AirFanta air purifiers.

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The role of co-infection in the pathogenesis of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and development of post-acute sequelae: A perspective

Unraveling mechanisms underlying post-acute SARS-CoV-2 sequelae (long COVID) and finding therapeutic solutions require a full understanding of the causative role of SARS-CoV-2 persistence and/or infec...

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Why acute infections can lead to neurodegeneration

Researchers are uncovering the mysteries of why early-in-life acute infections can lead to neurodegenerative diseases in later years.

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Interventions for Cognitive Symptoms in Long COVID

This randomized clinical trial investigates if evidence-based rehabilitation strategies improve cognitive symptoms in persons with long COVID.

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AirFanta Personal Wearable Laminar Air Purifier

The AirFanta Wear is a personal wearable air purifier. Worn around the neck, it delivers a stream of HEPA-filtered air directly to your breathing zone, creating a personal bubble of clean air. Third-p...

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7 basic science discoveries that changed the world

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.

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Eight states, including Mass., met this week in a step toward public health independence from the federal government - The Boston Globe

Northeast states are seeking closer collaboration amid Trump's public health policies.

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What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has an answer

Modelling study based on almost 250,000 positive COVID-19 tests in the United Kingdom shows that universal masking could have cut transmission markedly.

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A deadly shooting at the CDC shook its scientists. Now they want answers from RFK Jr.

CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy’s rhetoric specifically.

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NIH will reinstate 900 grants in response to court order

Projects touching on sensitive topics such as DEI had been illegally terminated, judge found

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An Uproar at the NIH

Jay Bhattacharya, the the agency’s director, has made a point of welcoming dissent. A letter from his officials will test that.

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