Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Spike mutations that help SARS-CoV-2 infect the brain discovered

Scientists have discovered a mutation in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, that plays a key role in its ability to infect the central nervous system. The findings may help scientists understand its neurological ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

In COVID-19 patients, neurological symptoms may last up to three years

Scientists from Northwestern Medicine and the School of Medicine at CES University and CES Clinic in Colombia have determined that more than 60% of people who contracted COVID-19 have neurological symptoms that impact their ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Taming Parkinson's disease with self-adjusting brain pacemakers

Two new studies from UC San Francisco are pointing the way toward round-the-clock personalized care for people with Parkinson's disease through an implanted device that can treat movement problems during the day and insomnia ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Sick days: Assessing the economic costs of long COVID

A new Yale study finds that the effects of long COVID have caused many Americans to miss extensive work time, and that 14% of study participants reported not returning to work in the months after their infection.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Internal tremors: Adding to the list of long COVID symptoms

Long COVID has a laundry list of symptoms—and a lesser-known but troubling one is the sensation of having internal tremors, often with no outward evidence that this is happening. In a new, Yale-based long COVID study, more ...

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