“The loyalty finding is quite surprising because there is a lot of rhetoric about anti-vaccination among conservatives. However, what we’re showing is that typical conservatives do not tend to be anti-vaxxers,” said co-author Morteza Dehghani, PhD, in the press release. “The anti-vaxxers tend to be not high on loyalty, but high on...

“Collectively, our data suggest that impaired type I IFN signaling in combination with impaired IFN-γ–mediated immune responses can account for the observed high SARS-CoV-2 disease susceptibility of aged mice, and possibly older humans, too,” Schnepf says.

Interpretation: Young, previously healthy, individuals largely recover from SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, the constellation of higher BMI, dyslipidaemia, and lower physical endurance 180 days after COVID-19 is suggestive of a higher risk of developing metabolic disorders and possible cardiovascular complications. These findings will guide...

Conclusions: COVID-19 patients with SUD had greater likelihood of requiring critical interventions, such as ICU admission and ventilatory support. SUD and psychiatric diagnoses were also associated with a longer duration of hospitalization and greater number of hospital admissions. These findings identify COVID-19 patients with SUD and...

The study’s finding shows a connection between participants who had experienced symptomatic, verified COVID-19 infections and the ability of their central nervous system to respond normally to a conditioned pain modulation test.