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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: Scientists Uncover the Role of CD9 in Viral Entry
A groundbreaking international study has revealed that a little-known protein called CD9, part of the tetraspanin family, may play a pivotal role in helping the SARS-CoV-2 virus infiltrate human cells. Found in microdomains of the plasma membrane, these proteins act as organizational hubs, clustering together critical cellular recept...
Medical News: Rare Neurological Complication of COVID-19 Claims Life of Elderly Woman
Doctors from Southeast Health Medical Center, Dothan, Alabama, and the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine have reported a rare and fatal case of acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHLE) caused by COVID-19 — but without any lung involvement. AHLE is an aggressive brain inflammation disorder that caus...
Medical News: Ancient Healing Plants Under Modern Investigation
A new international study has revealed that two traditional medicinal plants from the Philippines—Vitex negundo (locally called lagundi) and Macaranga tanarius—have powerful antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Researchers from Nagasaki University (Japan), Shimane University (Japan), the ...
Medical News: Lingering Impact of COVID-19
Researchers from the “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Romania, the Sf. Parascheva Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases, the St. Mary Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, and the Clinical Hospital of Pneumology have issued new warnings about the hidden dangers of long COVID. Even people who experienced only mil...
Medical News: A Silent Aftermath of the Pandemic
A new study conducted by researchers from Damghan University, Islamic Azad University of Damghan, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Jam Faculty of Medical Sciences, and Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Iran has shed light on a troubling legacy of COVID-19. Even after the virus has cleared, many patients continue to experience li...
Medical News: A groundbreaking new study from researchers at multiple institutions in California reveals how early treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) may help COVID-19 patients by modifying the body’s dangerous clotting and immune response processes. Scientists from the University of California San Diego, the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Sharp Center for Resear...
Medical News: Scientists Discover the Viral Trick Behind COVID-19 Protein Production
A team of researchers in South Korea has uncovered a previously overlooked trick used by SARS-CoV-2—the virus responsible for COVID-19—to hijack human cells and boost its own survival. The research, led by scientists from the Center for RNA Research and School of Biological Sciences at Seoul National ...
Medical News: A Shift in the Body’s First Line of Defense
A groundbreaking study from Université Paris Cité and collaborating institutions has uncovered how different SARS-CoV-2 variants spark dramatically different responses in the immune system. Researchers focused on plasmacytoid pre-dendritic cells (pDCs)—specialized defenders that detect viruses early and sound the a...
Medical News: A closer look at immune system imbalance
Scientists from the United Arab Emirates University, Umea University in Sweden, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health India, University of Kent and Greenwich, Brunel University London, University of Oxford, and other collaborating institutions have discovered how two important immune proteins, Factor H (FH) and...
Medical News: Rising Concerns Over Post COVID Heart Problems
Researchers from Amity University, Haryana, India have uncovered new evidence showing how COVID-19 survivors face higher risks of developing cardiovascular diseases. Even months after recovery, many patients continue to suffer from lingering health complications, with heart conditions emerging as one of the most dangerous threats. This ...
Thailand Medical: A Newly Discovered Viral Mechanism
Researchers from the Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, the Key Laboratory of Systemic Innovative Research on Virus Vaccine, and the Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research and Development for Severe Infectious Diseases have uncovered a surprising mechanism that SARS-CoV-2 uses ...
Thailand Medical News: The Hidden Role of Natural Killer Cells
A new study from Bulgarian scientists has revealed how a special type of immune cell, known as natural killer (NK) cells, changes its behavior during and after COVID-19 infection. These cells normally act as the body’s frontline defenders, attacking virus-infected cells quickly. However, during SARS-CoV-2 infection, NK cells seem...
Thailand Medical News: Understanding the Problem
A new study by researchers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Miami Veterans Administration (VA) Healthcare System, including its Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), reveals that Long COVID may trigger frailty in patients much earlier than expected. Traditionally, frailty is seen in older adults, but...
Thailand Medical News: COVID-19 Complications Went Beyond the Lungs
As the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors at The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University in China noticed a troubling trend — a sharp rise in patients hospitalized with gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB). These weren’t just isolated incidents. A new study shows that the number of GIB cases increased n...
Thailand Medical News: A Hidden Viral Culprit Behind COVID Brain Damage
Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Baltimore, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and the University of Maryland Medical Center have discovered that a little-known viral protein called ORF3a could be a major driver of bra...
Thailand Medical News: A New Link Between COVID and HPV Related Cancers
A large-scale study by researchers from Taichung Veterans General Hospital and Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan has revealed alarming evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection can significantly increase the risk of developing cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). The research analyzed data from over 4.8 million wo...
Thailand Medical News: COVID-19 Silent Assault on Multiple Organs
Researchers from Bukhara State University, Asia International University, and Bukhara State Medical Institute have unveiled alarming evidence that COVID-19 is far more than just a respiratory infection. In one of the largest systematic reviews to date, they examined 147 peer-reviewed studies covering over 2 million patients and foun...
Thailand Medical News: A Hidden Post COVID Risk in the Elderly
A new study from researchers at the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), the University of Colima, the State Cancerology Institute of Colima, and Florida International University warns that depression and low magnesium levels could dramatically increase the chances of developing dementia-like cognitive decline in older adults ...
Thailand Medical News: A major study by Chinese researchers has revealed that two crucial bile acids—chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) and glycochenodeoxycholic acid (GCDCA)—may hold the key to predicting which elderly COVID-19 patients are at risk of developing severe disease. Scientists from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Medical School, The Fifth and Seventh Medical Cen...
Medical News: Unusual Case Reveals Link Between Dry Eye, Fatigue, Sleep Problems and Restless Legs
Researchers from the University of Naples Federico II, Salerno Hospital University, “Luigi Curto” Hospital in Polla, and the University Hospital of Parma have documented a rare case where a single patient developed a combination of persistent dry eye, visual fatigue (asthenopia), general...
Medical News: How COVID-19 Could Set the Stage for Kidney Stones
Researchers from the University of Louisville, USA, and Lady Hardinge Medical College, India, have uncovered a potential new complication of COVID-19 that could affect millions of people long after infection — an increased risk of kidney stone disease (KSD). Their review suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can cause long-lastin...
Medical News: Introduction to a Hidden Biological Culprit
Long COVID, officially known as Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC), is leaving millions with lingering symptoms weeks or even months after recovering from the initial infection. Researchers from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes” in Timisoara, Romania, and the Stefan cel Mare University of Suc...
Medical News: SARS-CoV-2 and the Hidden Threat to the Liver
While COVID-19 is mostly known for attacking the lungs, growing evidence shows that the virus can also harm other organs, including the liver. Researchers from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), and Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida (IN...
Medical News: Even Mild COVID-19 Can Disrupt Lung’s Protective Lining
A new study from researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Uppsala University, and Sahlgrenska University Hospital has revealed that even mild to moderate COVID-19 can disrupt the delicate balance of the lung’s protective surfactant – a slippery, soap-like substance that keeps air sacs from collapsing and h...
Medical News: Growing Concerns Over Post-Vaccination Syndrome
A major new review by researchers from Semmelweis University in Hungary, Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, the Hungarian University of Sports Science, and New York Medical College warns that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines such as Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty and Moderna’s Spikevax may trigger a broad range of inflammatory cond...
Medical News: Gut Health and Immunity in Young Children
A team of researchers from Inha University College of Medicine and Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital in South Korea has uncovered worrying changes in the gut bacteria of infants and toddlers infected with COVID-19. The gut microbiome plays a vital role in developing a healthy immune system, especially in the first years of life...
Medical News: Researchers Uncover Dangerous Link Between COVID-19 Spike Protein and Parkinson’s
A new study by scientists from the Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, and Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine has revealed alarming evidence that remnants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may accelerate the progression of Parkinso...
Medical News: COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Korea See a Sharp Rise
South Korea is once again facing a worrying rise in COVID-19 cases, with hospitalizations doubling in just the past month. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the situation is especially concerning for older adults and vulnerable communities, prompting urgent calls for stronger prevention measures. ...
Medical News: Persistent Brain Changes After Infection
A new study by researchers from the Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, and biotechnology company Gigantest has shed light on how COVID-19 can cause long-lasting effects on the brain. Using African green monkeys, which closely mimic human responses to SARS-CoV-2, scientists tracked the impact of the ...
A Growing Concern After the Pandemic
Researchers from the Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases and The Lundberg-Kienlen Lung Diseases and Infection Laboratory at Oklahoma State University are warning about one of the most serious long-term complications seen in COVID-19 survivors – post-COVID-19 pulmonary fibrosis (PC19-PF). This condition is marked by progressive lung sc...
Medical News: A Dangerous Health Crisis Brewing After COVID-19
Researchers from the Cardiology Unit, AOU Luigi Vanvitelli, the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Monaldi Hospital, and Link Campus University have issued a chilling warning—long COVID is not just lingering tiredness or brain fog, it can quietly wreck the heart and lungs for years after the initial infection. Even people ...
Medical News: New Research Raises Concerns
A major new study has found that people who have had COVID-19 face a higher risk of developing thyroid cancer, especially if they later suffer from thyroid-related problems such as hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism. The research was conducted by scientists from Taichung Veterans General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, China Medical University,...
Medical News: New Study Links COVID-19 Proteins to Potential Long-Term Brain Damage
A team of researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen in Germany, China Medical University in Shenyang, Lund University in Sweden, the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Germany, Newcastle University in the UK, and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases has uncovered...
Medical News: A Groundbreaking Study on COVID-19’s Silent Damage
A team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hadassah Medical Center, and GRAIL LLC has uncovered shocking evidence that even people who show no symptoms of COVID-19 can still suffer hidden damage to their blood vessels and red blood cells. Using advanced “epigenetic liquid ...
Medical News: Long COVID Now Also Associated with Blood Pressure Disorders
A new study from researchers at the Department of Radiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in New York, alongside the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, has uncovered another serious long-term consequence of COVID-19 — the risk of developing new-onset hyper...
Medical News: New Global Study Confirms Link Between SARS-CoV-2 and Autoimmune Diseases
A new international study led by researchers from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, and Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá has confirmed a troubling connection between COVID-19 and the onset of immune-mediated diseases. Their systematic review and meta-analysi...
Medical News: Understanding the Chemoreflex System
A new review by researchers from the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology and the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, USA, explores how a little-known body system called the chemoreflex could explain the severe symptoms seen in many COVID-19 patients.
Chemoreflex Dysfunction Could ...
Medical News: Doctors Warn of Increased Vascular Risks Triggered by Coronavirus Inflammation
A team of Italian researchers from the Department of Surgery at Sapienza University in Rome, the Department of Vascular Surgery at University of Rome Sapienza, and the IRCCS San Matteo in Pavia has uncovered a troubling connection between moderate to severe COVID-19 infections and the sudden enlargement o...
Medical News: A team of scientists from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Florida, the University of Florence in Italy, and HCA Florida Kendall Hospital has uncovered new evidence showing that even long after COVID-like infection subsides, kidneys may continue to suffer from inflammation and damage. Their study used a mouse model of COVID-19 to simulate post-acute complications ...
Medical News: A Startling Immune Evasion Strategy Uncovered
Scientists in Germany have made a major breakthrough in understanding how the SARS-CoV-2 virus evades the immune system. A new study has revealed that a viral protein called Nsp1—produced by SARS-CoV-2—can suppress the body’s natural defense mechanisms by interfering with the expression of crucial immune molecules known...
Thailand Medical News: New Hope for Brain Vessel Health
A groundbreaking study by Turkish researchers has found that clonidine, a commonly used drug to lower blood pressure, might also protect the blood vessels in the brain from damage that can lead to cerebral aneurysms. These aneurysms, which are dangerous bulges in brain arteries, can rupture without warning and cause serious strokes or death.
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Medical News: COVID-19 Virus Tricks Body's Defense System Leading to Long Haul Symptoms
Researchers from Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and the University of Monastir in Tunisia have uncovered how the COVID-19 virus manipulates our body’s early warning system to cause both severe disease and long COVID. The study looked at pattern recognition receptors or PRRs—special protei...
Medical News: COVID-19 Is Not Just a Lung Disease
Most people think of COVID-19 as a lung infection, but mounting evidence shows it wreaks havoc far beyond the respiratory system. According to a new review by researchers from the Department of Pharmacy and Department of Vascular Surgery Center at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Sichuan Provincial People's Hosp...
Medical News: COVID-19 Can Cause Unexpected Stomach Damage Doctors Warn
Doctors in China have reported a rare case in which COVID-19 caused severe damage to a young man’s stomach lining, leading to bleeding and inflammation. This case is drawing attention to lesser-known complications of the virus, especially in patients who show no respiratory symptoms.
Doctors Warn That COVID-19 Can ...
Medical News: COVID-19 brain damage linked to long-term trauma and fatigue
A new Chinese and American study has found that individuals who experience fatigue during the early stages of COVID-19 are more likely to develop post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) months later, due to disruptions in their brain's functional networks. Researchers from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaot...
Medical News: A team of doctors from Ecuador and Germany have published a rare medical case linking COVID-19 to the unexpected development of nasal polyps—a condition involving noncancerous growths inside the nose that can obstruct breathing and disrupt quality of life.
COVID-19 Triggers Development of Nasal Polyps
Researchers from the Respiralab Research Group and Universidad Esp&ia...
Medical News: Infectious roots of a mental illness
Schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder that affects thinking, emotions, and behavior, has long puzzled scientists. But new research from Romania is shedding light on an unexpected suspect—viruses. Scientists from the “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest have reviewed decades of evidence and now believ...
Medical News: Researchers Discover a New Pathway for COVID-19 Virus Entry
A new study by scientists from the Copenhagen Hepatitis C Program at Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark has revealed that certain mutations in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 may allow the virus to infect human cells without using its usual entry point—the ACE2 recept...
Medical News: Scientists Uncover How COVID Spike Protein Directly Harms Brain Cells
A team of Italian researchers from the Federico II University of Naples and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa has revealed how a specific part of the COVID-19 virus — the S1 subunit of the spike protein — can enter the brain and directly kill nerve cells. This groundbreaking discovery provid...
Medical News: COVID-19 Infection Triggers Rare Hormonal Crisis in Young Man
Doctors from the Southwest Indiana University Internal Medicine Residency Program have reported a rare and alarming case involving a 28-year-old man who developed a life-threatening adrenal condition shortly after recovering from COVID-19. The patient, who had no known medical history, arrived at the hospital suffering fr...
Thailand Medical News: COVID-19 and Diabetes Risk in Young Children
A large international study led by scientists from Germany’s Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technische Universität Dresden, KU Leuven in Belgium, University of Oxford, Lund University in Sweden, and the Medical University of Warsaw, has revealed that toddlers who contract COVID-19 may undergo lasting changes in their ...
Medical News: In a promising scientific breakthrough, researchers have discovered that zinc ions can effectively block the influenza virus from attaching to human cells—an action that takes place in just one minute and lasts for at least 24 hours. The study, conducted by scientists from Princeton University in the United States and Ascend Performance Materials in Texas, offers fresh insight ...
Thailand Medical News: A new theory from Hungarian researchers suggests that SARS-CoV-2 may trigger a catastrophic breakdown in the brain’s delicate communication systems—without ever entering brain cells. According to the provocative hypothesis, the virus may instead damage a special sensor protein known as Piezo2, found in various tissues across the body and brain, setting off a chai...
Thailand Medical News: A new study out of China has found that people who suffer a stroke while also infected with COVID-19 are much more likely to experience a dangerous and sudden worsening of their brain condition, a problem known as early neurological deterioration (END). This could mean more severe disability or even death for these patients if not addressed quickly.
COVID-19 Stroke Pati...
Medical News: New study reveals dramatic changes in key immune cells after SARS-COV-2 infection
A new study by researchers from University of Lille, CHU Lille, INSERM-France, the University of Wisconsin–Madison-USA, and other collaborating institutions has shed light on how COVID-19 triggers intense and prolonged disruption to the body’s innate immune response, particularly in the blo...
