Mice exposed to COVID-19 through the nasal passage, researchers noted a rapid and escalated attack on the brain by the virus that triggered a more severe outcome of the infection, even after the lungs were cleared of the disease. Researchers also found…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Positive Messaging Plays a Key Role in Increasing COVID-19 Mask Compliance
Positive messages about unity and togetherness are more effective at getting people to mask up and protect against COVID-19 than messages based on fear.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Zombie Movies Prepared You for the Pandemic
Zombie movies and dystopian entertainment may have helped people prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers report.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How COVID-19 Is Likely to Impact the Brain
Using over a century of data from other pandemics, and applying knowledge about the current COVID-19 infection, researchers predict the long term effects coronavirus will have on the brain and nervous system.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Six Ways to ‘Reboot Your Brain’ After a Hard Year of COVID-19
Neuroscientists present six scientifically proven ways to help improve brain and mental health.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Year of Blursdays: How Coronavirus Distorted Our Sense of Time in 2020
Many people reported they felt like time was passing differently during the initial COVID-19 lockdowns. Researchers explore how the pandemic has contributed to the feeling of time distortion.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Uncovers Blood Vessel Damage & Inflammation in COVID-19 Patients’ Brains but No Infection
Researchers found hallmarks of damage caused by thinning and leaky blood vessels in brain samples of people who after contracting COVID-19, but saw no evidence of SARS_CoV_2 in the tissue samples. Findings suggest the damage was not caused by a direct …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Neuroscientists Isolate Promising Mini Antibodies Against COVID-19 From a Llama
Researchers have isolated a set of antibodies from a llama which show promise for the treatment of COVID-19. The NIH-CoVnB-112 nanoantibody bound to ACE2 receptors up to ten times stronger than other lab-produced antibodies. The nanoantibody stuck dire…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: COVID-19 Virus Enters the Brain
The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 can pass through the blood-brain barrier of mice. The protein likely causes the brain to release cytokines and spark neuroinflammation. The findings add to growing evidence that COVID-19 can enter the brain of those infe…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: In Pandemic, People Are Turning to Nature, Especially Women
People report spending more time relaxing and enjoying nature as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Women, especially, report spending more time outdoors during the pandemic.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How COVID-19 Reaches the Brain
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 enters the brain via neurons in the olfactory mucosa.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Antidepressant May Prevent Severe COVID-19, Trial Suggests
A new small scale study reveals the antidepressant fluvoxamine may be a new tool in the fight against COVID-19. Researchers report fluvoxamine reduced the severity of coronavirus symptoms and hospitalizations.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: ‘Brain Fog’ Following COVID-19 Recovery May Indicate PTSD
People who experience “brain fog” and other neurological problems following COVID-19 infection may be suffering from PTSD, researchers report.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Pain Relief Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Infection May Help Explain Coronavirus Spread
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 suppresses pain. Findings suggest the pain suppression caused by the infection may be responsible for viral spread, as people do not feel as ill as they actually are.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: People With Parkinson’s Disease Have a Higher Risk of Dying From COVID-19
People with Parkinson’s disease have a 30% higher risk of dying from coronavirus infection than those without the neurodegenerative disorder. A new study suggests Parkinson’s is an independent risk factor for COVID-19 mortality.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: COVID-19 May Deplete Testosterone
A new study suggests COVID-19 may deplete testosterone levels in males. Findings reveal as testosterone decreased, the severity of coronavirus increased. Men who died from coronavirus infection had significantly lower mean testosterone than those who r…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: COVID-19 Spurs Anxious and Upsetting Dreams
New studies reveal COVID-19 is having a negative impact on sleep, spurring dreams that cause anxiety and emotional upset. Women appear to experience more disturbing dreams than men.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Belief in Conspiracy Theories Is a Barrier to Controlling Spread of COVID-19
Belief in conspiracy theories surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic predicts personal resistance to coronavirus vaccination and preventative behaviors, such as mask-wearing.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Rising Stress and Depression in Coronavirus-Related Losses and Media Consumption
Researchers link the rise in acute stress and depression rates in the U.S to multiple stressors, such as unemployment and coronavirus-related media consumption.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Substance Use Disorders Linked to COVID-19 Susceptibility
People with a history of substance use disorder are more susceptible to COVID-19 infection and have an increased risk of experiencing worse outcomes, a new study reports.
