Medical Challenges

Medical Journal Articles

• Effect of Higher-Dose Ivermectin for 6 Days vs Placebo on Time to Sustained Recovery in Outpatients With COVID-19 by Susanna Naggie, MD, MHS, JAMA February 20, 2023

• Myocarditis Cases Reported After mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccination in the US From December 2020 to August 2021 by Matthew E. Oster, MD, MPH; David K. Shay, MD, MPH; John R. Su, MD, PhD, MPH; et al JAMA January 25, 2022

General Articles/Commentaries

• Was the COVID Vaccine Safe for Pregnant Women? by Marty Makary Tablet

• The Spike. A growing number of scientists are sounding the alarm about the risks of both COVID and its cures by Clayton Fox Tablet

• COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy Protected Infants by Emily Harris JAMA February 22, 2023

• Covid subvariants concern experts – churches silent so far by CatNews New Zealand

• Long COVID at 12 months persists at 18 months, study shows by Reuters\

• COVID-19 mRNA vaccines safe to use during pregnancy, study finds by The Jerusalem Post

• Menstrual changes after Covid vaccines may be far more common than previously known by Sarah Sloat NBC News

• Covid: Younger adults still at risk of serious organ damage - study by Jim Reed BBC News

• FDA is set to announce new warning on J&J vaccine after 100 reports of it being linked to rare autoimmune disease Guillain-Barré syndrome by The Daily Mail

• Heart inflammation link to Pfizer and Moderna jabs by James Gallagher BBC News

• Heart problems after vaccinations are very rare—and often resolve quickly by Emily Sohn National Geographic

• Astra antibody cocktail fails to prevent COVID-19 symptoms in large trial by Vishwadha Chander and Ludwig Burger Reuters

• Extra COVID vaccine may help protect transplant patients by Lauren Neergaard The Associated Press

• Why do some people get side effects after COVID-19 vaccines? by Lauren Neergard The Associated Press

• Heart reaction probed as possible rare vaccine link in teens by Lindsey Tanner and Lauren Neergaard The Associated Press

• COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections Among Fully Vaccinated People Are Extremely Rare, the CDC Says. They occur in just 0.01% of cases. by Sarah Jacoby SELF

• COVID is causing strokes among the young and healthy, global study indicates.1 in 4 stroke patients with coronavirus are under 55; Jerusalem doctor involved in research says it shines spotlight on results of virus blocking larger blood vessels by Nathan Jeffay The Times of Israel

• What are the blood clots associated with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine? 4 questions answered by Mousumi Som The Conversation

• The Scourge of Covid-19 and Malaria Rages On by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism

• Study Finds 1 in 10 Healthcare Workers with Mild COVID Have Lasting Symptoms by Dr. Francis Collins NIH

• How Opera Singing Is Helping Long-Haul Covid-19 Patients Recover by Jennifer Nalewicki Smithsoniam Magazine

• German clinic helps COVID long haulers by Frank Jordans and Kerstin Sopke The Associated Press

• Evidence mounting that COVID-19 can cause diabetes type II by Bob Yirka Medicalxpress

• Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say by Apoorva Mandavilli and Benjamin Mueller The New York Times

• Long-Haulers Are Pushing the Limits of COVID-19 Vaccines by Katherine J.Wu The Atlantic

• How Navajo Physicians Are Battling the Covid-19 by Jade Begayand Sophina Calderon The Smithsonian Magazine

• Not to be sniffed at: Agony of post-COVID-19 loss of smell by John Leicester The Associated Press

• What We Know About COVID-19 Long-Haulers Who Have Symptoms for Months by Amy Marturana Winderl, C.P.T. SELF

• Amazon city scrambles to provide oxygen to COVID-19 patients by Mauricio Savarese abd David Biller The Associated Press

• Doctors Begin to Crack Covid’s Mysterious Long-Term Effects.Severe fatigue, memory lapses, heart problems affect patients who weren’t that badly hit initially; ‘It’s been so long’ by Sarah Toy, Sumathi Reddy and Daniela Hernandez The Wall Street Journal

• Covid-19 immunity likely lasts for years by Neel V. Patela Technology Review

• After being in the ICU with Covid, my New Year’s Resolution isn’t about my weight— it’s to be a better neighbor by Amanda Martinez Beck America

• Neurological Conditions and COVID-19 by Johns Hopkins Medicine

• Pope Francis Hails Argentina’s Doctors and Nurses as ‘Unsung Heroes’ of Pandemic. Argentina, which has a population of 44 million, has recorded more than 1,374,000 cases of COVID-19 and over 37,000 deaths as of Nov. 24. by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register

• Confused About Covid Brain Fog? Doctors Have Questions, Too/Physicians have seen this recovery symptom before, but they still don’t know why so many coronavirus survivors are being affected by Sara Harrison Wired

• Dying of loneliness: How COVID-19 is killing dementia patients by Algazeera’

• COVID-19 causes some patients’ immune systems to attack their own bodies, which may contribute to severe illness by Matthew Woodruff  The Conversation

• The True Effect of COVID and the Pro-Life Movement on Abortion by Maty Pezzulo  Patheos

• Pandemic has driven some doctors to switch jobs, retire early by Cara Roberts Murez  UPI

• Coronavirus Reinfections Are Real but Very, Very Rare by Apoorva Mandavilli The New York Times

• A Medical Worker Describes Terrifying Lung Failure From COVID-19 — Even in His Young Patients by Lizzie Presser ProPublica

• An autoimmune-like antibody response is linked with severe COVID-19 by Matthew Woodruff The Conversation

• US Medical Supply Chains Failed, and COVID Deaths Followed by ABC News

• Covid Doctors Find a Turning Point in Life-Threatening Cases by Jason Gale Bloom berg

• Penn State clarifies doctor's comments on Covid-19 and myocarditis by Leah Asmelash and Homero De la Fuente  CNN

• Rare Double Lung Transplant. Mayra Ramirez was the first of a small but growing number of people whose only hope of surviving the coronavirus was to replace their lungs. by Denise Grady The New York Times

• Three-quarters of adults with COVID-19 have heart damage after recovery by Brian P. Dunleavy UPI

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