Review

This article after additional peer review at Medical Review and subsequent changes is now also published at https://doi.org/10.1515/mr-2024-0030

Introduction

Symptomatic Long COVID affects 10-30% of the COVID-19-infected population...

Waves of COVID-19 infections have continued all around the world as new variants appear. The expectation that previous infections would reduce the probability or severity of the disease has proved to be incorrect .

While deaths during...

Highlights

1- COVID-19 causes turnover and aging of the immune cells responsible for responding to other pathogens. These cells have limitations in their proliferative capacity (ability to reproduce) and this gets used up when it...

Many studies have now provided strong evidence that the SARS2 virus can enter the brain during infection and cause damage to its function, including loss of both gray and white matter – impacting both the nerve cells and the support...

Omicron is a much more rapidly spreading variant of SARS-CoV-2 that is causing a tsunami of cases in several countries, threatening health care systems and livelihoods. This variant has more mutations than any previous variant of concern...

What happens when communities compete to achieve elimination? According to data from the most populous state of India, Uttar Pradesh (UP), competition works. The number of cases there has just fallen below 20 cases per day in the past...

The French have made great efforts over the past few months in the fight against COVID-19. We are even among the twenty or so countries that are champions of vaccination. The fact remains that we still do not know how to...

Vaccines are a powerful tool against COVID-19, yet vaccines alone are demonstrably not enough. It’s not a case of either/or - risk management is additive. We need to help vaccines work best with a layered strategy including vaccines,...

COVID-19 is predominantly an urban phenomenon in India. However, a gradual ingress to peri-urban, rural, and tribal areas is taking place. The state governments of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh are acting to curb the spread by launching a...

In May, there was a shortage of hospital beds. In July, there is a shortage of hotel rooms. We have come a long way in the last few weeks. We are, however, still in the midst of the pandemic. In Himachal Pradesh, there are choked roads,...