University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 Adult survivors of childhood cancer may remain at elevated risk for severe COVID-19 for decades after their cancer diagnosis, a Karolinska Institutet-led research team writes in The Lancet Regional Health–Europe. The study, published late last week, used Danish and Swedish registry data to compare rates of COVID-19 infection and severe cases among 13,659 childhood cancer survivors diagnosed before age 20 with those of their 17,531 siblings

University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 It took many US COVID-19 survivors who sought treatment for their infection up to 9 months post-infection to return to their baseline sense of mental well-being, while 1 in 5 still had suboptimal quality of life at 1 year, the INSPIRE (Innovative Support for Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infections Registry) Group reported yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. For the prospective, multicenter registry study, the US investigators used

University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 A meta-analysis of 11 studies suggests that 20% of patients, most with severe COVID-19, had at least one symptom 3 years after infection, primarily fatigue, sleep disturbances, and shortness of breath. Researchers in Europe, Asia, and Australia assessed the pooled prevalence of persistent COVID-19 symptoms 3 years after infection in observational studies published in 2023 and 2024. The studies, which reported data from 142,171 long-COVID

The findings underscore the need for continued surveillance to monitor the long-term dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in deer and the related zoonotic risks.

The findings underscore the need for continued surveillance to monitor the long-term dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in deer and the related zoonotic risks.