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Coronavirus News is a section dedicated to the new coronavirus that is causing an epidemic in China and fast spreading globally. The strain of coronavirus called Covid-19 or also commonly called the Wuhan coronavirus is genetically more potent and faster spreading than the SARS coronavirus. Currently teams are working to develop a new vaccine for this new coronavirus while other teams are trying t...
Medical News: Dry Mouth May Be a Silent But Distressing Symptom of -19 Infections
As the world continues to explore the wide-reaching effects of SARS-CoV-2, scientists are uncovering surprising connections between the virus and seemingly unrelated health issues. One such symptom gaining attention is xerostomia, more commonly known as dry mouth. A newly published systematic review confirms that a ...
Medical News: Researchers from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Boston University have uncovered mounting evidence pointing to a hidden culprit behind persistent skin problems in long COVID sufferers: gut dysbiosis. The new study, recently published in the peer-reviewed journal COVID, sheds light on the gut–skin axis and how disturbances in gut bacteria caused by COVI...
Medical News: A new American study has raised serious concerns about the long-term health of infants born to mothers who contracted COVID-19 during the later stages of pregnancy. According to the research, babies born to mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2 during their third trimester tend to have significantly smaller head circumferences at birth - a potential marker for underlying neurodevelopmenta...
Medical News: A new American study has revealed that COVID-19 can significantly increase the risk of dangerous gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in hospitalized patients, potentially leading to much higher death rates. The research, conducted by a team from Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Cooper Research Institute, and Virtua Gastroenterology in New Jersey, b...
Medical News: American researchers from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and the Medical College of Wisconsin have uncovered striking changes in brain blood flow patterns among older adults suffering from long COVID, revealing a potential explanation for the lingering cognitive symptoms like memory problems and brain fog.
Brain Blood Flow Abnormalities Found in Older Adults wit...
Medical News: A groundbreaking new study has revealed how lingering symptoms in COVID-19 survivors may be caused by ongoing inflammation and nerve damage linked to microscopic carriers known as extracellular vesicles (EVs). The research was conducted by scientists from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Seville, the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS), Virgen del Rocío Univ...
Medical News: A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the Department of Health Technology at the Technical University of Denmark, the Copenhagen University Hospital’s Department of Hematology, and the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Clinical Medicine has revealed how differences in the function and behavior of a specific type of immune cell - CD8+ T-cells - may influenc...
Medical News: A groundbreaking new study conducted by researchers from Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital and The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University in China is shedding light on the potential benefits of the antibiotic azithromycin (AZM) in treating COVID-19 patients who also suffer from two chronic and deadly lung diseases - idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic obstructive pulmon...
Medical News: Orexin Dysfunction May Be the Missing Link Behind Long COVID Symptoms and Related Chronic Health Problems
Researchers from the Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Critical Care Medicine at Philipps University Marburg in Germany and the State of Hessen Post-COVID Coordination Center are shining a spotlight on a lesser-known but potentially critical factor in understanding...
Medical News: Viruses Hijack Key Heart Communication Channels
A new study by researchers from the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and other departments within Virginia Tech-USA has revealed a startling insight into how viruses attack the heart at a cellular level. The heart’s ability to beat regularly and contrac...
Medical News: A growing body of evidence is shedding light on an unsettling medical phenomenon affecting children and adolescents in the wake of COVID-19 infections. A new study has revealed that some previously healthy young individuals are suddenly developing severe neuropsychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), psychosis, tics, rage, anxiety, depression, sleep disturban...
Medical News: New research has revealed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can drastically worsen chronic stomach inflammation and push gastric cells toward cancer like states even long after the initial infection has cleared.
A new collaborative study by scientists from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine-South Korea, ...
Medical News: Scientists from the University of Bern in Switzerland have made a groundbreaking discovery about a little-known viral protein that could be key to how the coronavirus hijacks human cells. The research team, led by Dr. Evangelos D. Karousis and including Emilie Bäumlin, Dominic Andenmatten, Jonas Luginbühl, Aurélien Lalou, and Nino Schwaller, has uncovered that a spec...
Medical News: A startling discovery by Chinese researchers has raised fresh concerns about the potential for animal viruses to cross over into humans. A newly isolated strain of porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) not only infects certain human cell types but also causes significant disruptions to human genetic expression - fueling growing fears about future zoonotic pandemics.
SARS-CoV-3? New Coro...
Medical News: In a remarkable scientific breakthrough that could pave the way for new antiviral treatments, researchers have identified a previously unknown genetic element in the human body that appears to play a crucial role in how we respond to respiratory viral infections like influenza, COVID-19, and RSV. This novel genetic sequence, a long noncoding RNA dubbed VILMIR (Virus-Inducible LncRNA ...
Medical News: In a startling revelation that could change the way we view the long-term consequences of COVID-19, researchers are drawing urgent attention to the role of the body’s innate immune sensors - known as Toll-like receptors or TLRs - in the development of serious neurodegenerative diseases and brain damage following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Medical News: A newly discovered and highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 variant originating from the BQ.1.1.1 has been detected in Canada, raising growing concern among scientists and virologists worldwide. This alarming sub-lineage of the BQ.1 family was flagged on February 24, 2025, after genomic surveillance revealed that it carries more than 40 mutations in its spike protein alone, along with numerous ...
U.S. Medical News: In a move that has shocked the global scientific community, the United States government under President Donald Trump has initiated sweeping cuts to crucial health research programs. These cuts affect funding not only for ongoing COVID-19-related studies but also for research into long COVID, vaccine development, pandemic preparedness, and chronic illnesses like myalgic encephal...
Medical News: A team of French medical researchers has reignited concern over the lingering dangers of SARS-CoV-2 variants in pregnant women, even in the Omicron era, that has been mistakenly regarded as milder by many. A recent case study highlights the reappearance of previously known deadly placental lesions caused by the SARS-CoV-2 - this time in a woman infected with an Omicron subvariant and...
Medical News: A startling new study has uncovered a key dietary factor that may be silently contributing to the severity of COVID-19 infections - an imbalance between two essential fats found in the food we eat every day. Researchers from The University of Texas at San Antonio, Lujo BioScience Laboratory in Texas, Tufts University School of Medicine in Massachusetts, and the MSI STEM R&D Conso...
Medical News: For centuries, asparagus has been enjoyed as a delicious vegetable with surprising health benefits. But now, a new discovery is adding even more excitement to this green spear - certain sulfur-rich phytochemical compounds found in asparagus may hold the potential to block the very receptor the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses to enter human cells.
French Study Finds That Phytochemicals from A...
Medical News: In a new eye-opening study, researchers from Aix Marseille University and IHU-Méditerranée Infection in Marseille, France, in collaboration with scientists from the Laboratory of Immunology and INSERM UMR-S 1250 P3CELL at the University Hospital of Reims, have unveiled a worrying duality in how COVID-19 and its vaccines affect a lesser-known but crucial group of immune ...
Medical News: While most people have now moved on from worrying about COVID-19, new research has revealed that men who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 but showed no symptoms at all may not be in the clear. A groundbreaking study conducted by Chinese researchers has shown that even asymptomatic COVID-19 infections can cause significant disruptions to male reproductive health, particularly by altering...
Medical News: In a groundbreaking new study, German researchers have uncovered how a SARS-CoV-2 infection may leave behind silent, long-lasting scars in the body’s respiratory system - even long after the virus is gone. The study reveals that DNA methylation changes, a form of epigenetic modification, occurring during the acute phase of COVID-19, can have prolonged effects on gene activity i...
Thailand Medical News (TMN) Exclusive: As the global scientific community continues to uncover the long-term ramifications of SARS-CoV-2 infections, a new wave of interest has emerged around nutritional and metabolic interventions - especially amino acids like lysine. Traditionally known for its antiviral properties against herpes simplex viruses, lysine is now being studied for its potential in c...
Medical News: A New Key Player in Autoimmune Disease Mechanisms
In a groundbreaking discovery that could revolutionize the way autoimmune diseases are understood and treated, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, and the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in the United States have u...
Medical News: In a compelling new medical case from Brazil, doctors have uncovered yet another alarming complication of COVID-19 - damage to a critical eye nerve that controls movement - raising further concerns about the virus’s impact on the nervous system. A team of physicians from Hospital Adventista de Manaus, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Universidade Estadual do Amazonas, and Fund...
Medical News: March 23, 2025 - As the world nears the fifth year of grappling with SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19 proves it’s not ready to fade into history. The latest players in this ongoing saga are the LP.8.1 variant (JN.1.11.1.1.1.3.8.1), and its subvariant LP.8.1.1, which are sparking new infection surges across the globe. With scientists racing to decode their genetic tricks, t...
Medical News: The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled numerous complexities in its pathophysiology, with hypoalbuminemia - low levels of serum albumin - emerging as a significant indicator of disease severity and patient outcomes.
COVID-19 Causes Hypoalbuminemia and Albumin Levels Can be Used as a Biomarker for Disease Severity
Recent studies covered in this Medical News report, have highlight...
Medical News: In a groundbreaking clinical study from Brazil, researchers have found that SARS-CoV-2 - the virus responsible for COVID-19 - was detected in one-third of CSF samples, regardless of time interval between COVID-19 diagnosis and the onset of neurological signs. This startling discovery adds new evidence to the growing body of research suggesting that the virus can directly invade the c...
Medical News: A Hidden Molecular Effect of COVID-19 Could Be Triggering Dangerous Health Outcomes
A new and highly concerning medical discovery by a team of Polish scientists has revealed that SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, may be causing a harmful molecular process in the human body known as protein carbamylation. This alarming finding could provide deeper insights into why many patients...
Medical News: New research reveals surprising changes in red blood cell development among certain male patients still suffering from lingering COVID symptoms months after recovery
A new Finnish-Swedish study has uncovered an unusual biological clue hidden in the blood of some men struggling with long-term symptoms after a COVID-19 infection. Researchers from the University of Helsinki, Helsinki U...
Medical News: In a groundbreaking study that adds yet another twist to the complex story of COVID-19, scientists have discovered thousands of unusual genetic structures called chimeric RNAs - essentially hybrid gene transcripts - in the blood of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These strange molecular entities, also known as hybrid genes, appear to be a previously overlooked feature of t...
Medical News: The Unseen Battle Inside the Brain
Scientists have long suspected that COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, may have a more profound impact on the brain than previously understood. While the disease is primarily associated with respiratory issues, growing evidence suggests it can also lead to neurological complications. A groundbreaking study conducted by researchers from the U...
Medical News: Study Challenges Assumptions About Omicron’s Impact
For years, many believed that the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 caused milder illness compared to earlier strains of the virus and that there was little chances of developing Long COVID from exposure to it and all the so called “milder strains” thereafter. However, new research conducted by scientists from Nagasaki...
Medical News: The lingering effects of COVID-19 continue to baffle scientists, particularly its impact on brain function. Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in the United States and St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, Australia, have uncovered a crucial piece of the puzzle. Their latest study investigates how glymphatic dysfunction - the brain's waste clearance system - ...
Medical News: Scientists Discover How a Simple Vitamin Could Help Long COVID Patients
A new study has uncovered a potential breakthrough in the treatment of long COVID-related cognitive impairment, particularly a condition known as visuoconstructive deficit (VCD). Researchers from the Instituto René Rachou, Fiocruz, and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Brazil have found that...
Medical News: Autoimmune encephalitis, a rare but severe complication arising from COVID-19 infections, has traditionally been managed using immunomodulatory therapies such as steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), or plasma exchange. However, these treatments are not universally effective. A recent case study from the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University-China highlights the potentia...
Medical-News: Scientists Identify Key Enzyme Target to Stop SARS-CoV-2
In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers from Taif University in Saudi Arabia have identified a promising way to target and inhibit a crucial enzyme that helps the SARS-CoV-2 virus evade the human immune system. This discovery could pave the way for new antiviral treatments against COVID-19 and related coronavirus infec...
Medical News: Scientists Uncover a Potential Protective Mechanism in Mild COVID-19 Cases
A recent scientific study has revealed an intriguing aspect of the body’s immune response to COVID-19. Researchers from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil, the State University of Rio de Janeiro, the National Laboratory for Scientific Computing in Petropolis, and the University of Brasilia have discovere...
Medical News: Understanding the Role of Good Cholesterol in COVID-19
A new study has uncovered a strong link between low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), commonly known as "good cholesterol," and the severity of COVID-19. French researchers from Université de La Réunion, CHU de La Réunion, INSERM U1188, CHU Bichat-Claude Bernard in Paris, and ...
Medical News: Researchers from Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College in China have discovered that Ophiopogonin D (OD), a phytochemical compound derived from the traditional medicinal plant Ophiopogon japonicus, may offer protective effects against acute lung injury (ALI).
The phytochemical Ophiopogonin D from Ophiopogon Japonicus shows promise in
combating acute lung injury
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Medical News: A New Perspective on COVID-19’s Impact on the Brain
A groundbreaking study conducted by researchers from Saarland University-Germany, Stanford University-USA, Columbia University-USA, and Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research-Germany has shed new light on how COVID-19-induced neuroinflammation follows a different pathological course compared to traditional neurodegen...
Medical News: Long COVID Mystery Continues to Haunt Thousands Across the UK
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people across the United Kingdom are grappling with lingering health issues, but a significant number remain uncertain whether they have Long COVID. The lack of clear diagnostics and widespread awareness has left thousands in a state of confusion, struggling to find answers and a...
Medical News: Understanding the Link Between Long COVID and Brain Inflammation
Long COVID has been a persistent mystery, leaving millions struggling with symptoms long after their initial infection has cleared. Among the most concerning issues are neurological problems such as brain fog, mood swings, and dizziness. Researchers from the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and the Ore...
Medical News: A new study has revealed critical factors that increase the risk of severe illness, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and death among COVID-19 patients. The research, conducted by Turkish experts from Dr. Yaşar Eryılmaz Doğubeyazıt State Hospital, Selcuk University, Iğdır Dr. Nevruz Erez State Hospital, and Selcuk University’s Department of Medical Microbiology and Biostatis...
Medical News: Scientists Explore How a Natural Peptide Might Help in the Fight Against COVID-19
A team of international researchers has uncovered new insights into how a natural compound called vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) may play a role in reducing the ability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to infect human cells. The study was conducted by scientists from the University Medical Center Freiburg ...
Medical News: Scientists have discovered new insights into how COVID-19 may affect the brain long after recovery. Researchers from the University of British Columbia-Canada and affiliated institutions used an advanced imaging method called diffusion MRI (dMRI) to compare brain structures in people who had recovered from COVID-19 with those who had never been infected. Their findings provide import...
Medical News: Acute lung injury (ALI) and its more severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), are life-threatening conditions that occur when the lungs become severely inflamed and filled with fluid. These conditions often arise from infections, trauma, or exposure to harmful substances and lead to difficulty in breathing and inadequate oxygen supply to vital organs. Despite advances...
Medical News: As the crisp autumn breeze sweeps across Australia in mid-March 2025, health experts are observing a subtle but noticeable increase in COVID-19 cases nationwide. Recent data shared on social media platforms indicates that the risk of encountering someone currently infectious with the virus has risen to 0.4%, or about 1 in 239 people.
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Medical News: The global COVID-19 pandemic has primarily been associated with severe respiratory complications, but researchers have been uncovering more evidence that the virus affects multiple organs, including the liver. A groundbreaking new study provides fresh insights into how COVID-19 alters liver function at a cellular level, potentially leading to long-term complications. Conducted by a t...
Medical News: A New Perspective on COVID-19 and Autoimmune Reactions
Researchers from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, have unveiled significant findings on how SARS-CoV-2-induced IgG autoantibodies may be targeting various immune cells and proteins in different tissues and organs. The study sheds light on the potential role of these antibodies in driving autoimmune responses in COVID-...
Medical News: Scientists Discover a New Threat from SARS-CoV-2
In a groundbreaking study, researchers have unveiled a previously unknown ability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus - the ability to encode circular RNAs (circRNAs) that can harm endothelial and heart cells. This shocking revelation raises new concerns about the long-term cardiovascular effects of COVID-19. Scientists from South China Universit...
Medical News: Alarming Discovery in Long COVID Patients
A groundbreaking new study conducted by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School and The University of Michigan Medical School-USA has revealed that many Long COVID sufferers are experiencing neuropathy due to the presence of anti-ganglioside autoantibodies. The study, which analyzed nearly a thousand patients, ...
Medical News: A new study has uncovered how COVID-19 can directly harm the nervous system, shedding light on why some patients experience persistent neurological symptoms. Researchers from The University of Hong Kong and Western University of Health Sciences in the United States have found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect sensory nerve cells, triggering a destructive process known as axonal de...
