Ziyad Al-Aly

1 month ago | healio.com | Stephen Feller |Kristen Dowd |Ziyad Al-Aly

Key takeaways: A higher viral load and delayed SARS-CoV-2 clearance can increase the risk for long COVID. Study participants who experienced viral rebound had a 13-fold higher risk for long COVID than those who did not. SAN FRANCISCO — A slow immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection, delayed viral clearance, and viral rebound can all increase a person’s risk for long COVID, according to study data.

2 months ago | healio.com | Sara Kellner |Carol L. DiBerardino |Ziyad Al-Aly

Key takeaways: Children were around half as likely to develop one or more long COVID symptoms if they were vaccinated. Vaccinated children were 75% less likely to experience long COVID symptoms that affected daily function. Children vaccinated against COVID-19 were more than 50% less likely to develop at least one long COVID symptom compared with unvaccinated children, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Nov 29, 2024 | piedmontexedra.com | Ziyad Al-Aly

FROM THE VERY early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19. Brain fog is a colloquial term that describes a state of mental sluggishness or lack of clarity and haziness that makes it difficult to concentrate, remember things and think clearly. Fast-forward four years and there is now abundant evidence that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — can affect brain health in many ways.

Nov 28, 2024 | localnewsmatters.org | Ziyad Al-Aly

FROM THE VERY early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19. Brain fog is a colloquial term that describes a state of mental sluggishness or lack of clarity and haziness that makes it difficult to concentrate, remember things and think clearly. Fast-forward four years and there is now abundant evidence that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — can affect brain health in many ways.

Nov 24, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ziyad Al-Aly

From the very early days of the pandemic, brain fog emerged as a significant health condition that many experience after COVID-19. Brain fog is a colloquial term that describes a state of mental sluggishness or lack of clarity and haziness that makes it difficult to concentrate, remember things and think clearly. Fast-forward four years and there is now abundant evidence that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – can affect brain health in many ways.