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A recent study by the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health has found that COVID-19 can cause changes in sperm that may impact offspring behaviour. Using a mouse model, researchers observed that male mice infected with SARS-CoV-2 before mating produced offspring who exhibited higher levels of anxiety-like behaviours. These changes were linked to alterations in non-coding RNA in sperm, …

Fragments of DNA left by viruses that infected our distant ancestors may be ‘firestarters’ for new human life, new research finds. “Our results illustrate how recently emerged… genes can confer developmentally essential functions in humans,” Stanford University biologist Raquel Fueyo and colleagues write in their paper. Fueyo and her team used a ball of stem cells induced to mimic a …

A new study in npj Dementia using data from the UK Biobank shows that COVID-19 survivors aged 50 and older had a higher likelihood of developing new-onset dementia (NOD) compared to uninfected controls.  A total of 54,757 participants met the inclusion criteria for the study, including 16,017 with COVID-19 and 38,740 non-COVID participants. The median observation period was 24.1 months. …

Risk of long COVID in children doubles after second COVID-19 infection, according to study by Lurie doctor  Chicago Tribune Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds  The New York Times Risk of long COVID in children may be twice as high after a second infection  Medical Xpress Exploring Long COVID in Pediatric Patients: Clinical Insights from a Long …

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds  The New York Times Risk of long COVID in children doubles after second COVID-19 infection, according to study by Lurie doctor  Chicago Tribune Risk of Long COVID in Kids Doubles After Second Infection | Newswise  Newswise Risk of long COVID in children may be twice as high after a second infection  Medical …

Immune-competent LOC mimics small airway cell composition The immune-competent LOC model of the small airway comprises a three-dimensional (3D), perfusable microvascular network underneath a mature, differentiated airway epithelium at an air–liquid interface (ALI). The 3D microvascular network provides a unique advantage in that it is comprised of both endothelial cells and fibroblasts in a hydrogel matrix, in which interstitial immune …

When a hospitalized patient shows signs of a dangerous, potentially deadly infection, you’d expect clinicians to move quickly: testing to figure out what’s wrong, then treating with the right medicines. But that’s not always what happens. And the reason is often financial: Federal regulators can fine hospitals hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars if too many of their …

Health officials across the Rio Grande Valley said they are keeping an eye on the rising cases of a potentially deadly fungus. Officials said the fungus — known as Candida Auris — is not a current risk to the public, but it can be deadly for patients in hospitals and nursing homes. The fungus spreads primarily in hospitals and long-term …

For most people, a COVID-19 infection clears up within weeks. But scientists have now documented a case where the virus stayed inside one man’s body for over 750 days, more than two years. This rare case was linked to an individual living with advanced HIV, whose immune system was too weak to fight back. When the body cannot clear the …

A school-age child has died from a devastating brain complication of measles in Los Angeles, highlighting the deadly consequences of declining vaccination rates. The child, who was too young to receive the measles vaccine, developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) – a progressive and almost always fatal brain condition that strikes years after initial measles infection. SSPE affects around one in …