Nobody knew how much of an impact COVID-19 would have when it first appeared on the scene. Now, as of May 20, 2021, the novel coronavirus pandemic has led to…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to a number of different rare conditions as medical professionals worked to understand the virus. Over the course of the last year, we have…
Professional musicians generally practice several hours every day, but that does not hold true for Reece Jacob, age 29, from Manchester. UK’s Daily Mail recently carried an article about Reece…
Recently, there have been a number of reports of mucormycosis, a rare but sometimes fatal fungal infection, spreading throughout hospitals in India. According to MSN, the fungal illness is becoming…
According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, researchers at Houston Methodist have reported acute transverse myelitis (ATM) in forty-three COVID-19 patients across twenty-one countries. Spinal cord lesions developed in these…
Quarantine during COVID-19 has been difficult for everyone. It's socially isolating, mentally draining, and physically limiting. We all find community different places. But no matter where we find it, it…
Is it or was it COVID? That is the question doctors and parents are asking as the number of children admitted to the hospital for a rare pediatric inflammatory…
British researchers recently conducted a study of 235,379 COVID-19 survivors over a six-month period after they survived their initial infection. The researchers discovered that one out of three patients…
In a case study published on dovepress.com, a 17 year old girl diagnosed with COVID-19 developed Guillain-Barre syndrome, a neurological disease causing muscle weakness, as her symptoms progressed. While COVID-19…
According to a story from insidesources.com, many in the chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis community has been very grateful for the news that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has committed…
Over the past 14 or so months, COVID-19 has dominated the headlines. It has reshaped the way that we work, attend school, build relationships with others, and receive medical treatment.…
According to a story from PR Newswire, Solve M.E. is gathering virtually on Capitol Hill for its 5th Annual Advocacy Week, starting April 19th. A record number of people are…
The Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine was welcomed as the third alternative to Moderna and Pfizer vaccines but with even more perks. It was a one-time shot that used “viral…
Over one year ago, the news became saturated with information on COVID-19, a novel coronavirus pandemic that has since swept the globe. At the time of this article, there are…
The coronavirus pandemic’s effects have wormed their way into every aspect of life, and those of us who spend a lot of time engaging with the medical world know that…
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the novel coronavirus has led to 130 million diagnoses worldwide, with an associated 2.84 million deaths. While doctors and researchers are diligently working…
Sometimes it's hard to pick apart the cause of symptoms. Am I anxious because the bus is late or because Covid-19's insidious shadow is still lingering all these months later?…
In a recent contribution to MSN, Dr. Christopher Austin, director of the NIH Advancing Translational Sciences, compared the medical community’s record-breaking approach to the COVID-19 pandemic with current efforts…
One year ago, Dr. Audrey Odom John Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Philadephia’s Children’s Hospital, treated a teenage patient for what seemed to be a new disease.…
124 million cases worldwide, with 2.73 million associated deaths. These are the numbers for COVID-19, a novel coronavirus pandemic which, over the past 12-15 months, has swept the globe. In the…
COVID-19 has caused long-term, ongoing symptoms for some patients. Up until recently, these individuals had been called "covid long haulers." Anthony Fauci, during a White House briefing, has recently changed…
Over the last year, news of COVID-19 has dominated the headlines. Caused by SARS-CoV-2, a coronavirus, the global pandemic is now associated with 116 million diagnoses worldwide and 2.57 million…
Living with a rare disease can be difficult and scary for some, especially during a global pandemic that has affected millions. This Nottingham father knows these feelings firsthand; he lives…
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the world into chaos. With over 500,000 dead in the US alone, the impacts of this global health crisis have affected many different facets…
It's been almost a full year since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we've learned a lot about the novel coronavirus since then. For one, we now know that…
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