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Long COVID Symptoms Can Emerge Months After Infection
Long COVID symptoms can persist for a year after initial infection, or re-emerge months later after disappearing.
Blood Test May Reduce Risk of Disability in Kids
An experimental blood test that reflects injury to nerve cells from multiple sclerosis (MS) was found to work for children with MS and other neurological conditions, even when they are symptom-free.
Can We Stamp Out HIV? New Monthly Injections Could Offer Hope
Taking daily medication can be a challenge for many, leading to increased viral load over time. Injectable therapies remove that challenge.
Gene Mutation May Explain Why Some Don’t Get Sick from COVID-19
A common mutation can help people infected with the COVID-19 virus avoid developing any symptoms.
COVID-19 Vaccines Saved Dementia Patients’ Lives in Nursing Homes
Deaths among older adults with dementia fell starkly in nursing homes and long-term care centers after COVID-19 vaccinations became available, but remained high for those living at home.
Newborn Screening is Biggest Factor in ‘Bubble Baby Disease’ Survival in Last 40 Years
A new study shows that newborn screening for SCID is the only factor that actually boosts survival rates.
What’s New in the Search for a Long COVID Cure?
UCSF infectious disease specialist Michael Peluso, MD, who co-leads one of the world’s oldest studies of long COVID, discusses the condition’s mysteries.
How Gene Therapy Saved a Child from ‘Bubble Boy’ Disease
In a breakthrough, “HT” became the first person in the world to receive gene-corrected stem cells for Artemis-SCID.
