Long COVID science, research and policy

Z Al-Aly, H Davis, L McCorkell, L Soares… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Long COVID represents the constellation of post-acute and long-term health effects caused
by SARS-CoV-2 infection; it is a complex, multisystem disorder that can affect nearly every …

Postacute sequelae of COVID-19 at 2 years

B Bowe, Y **e, Z Al-Aly - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can lead to
postacute sequelae in multiple organ systems, but evidence is mostly limited to the first year …

Impact of COVID-19 on immunocompromised populations during the Omicron era: insights from the observational population-based INFORM study

RA Evans, S Dube, Y Lu, M Yates… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Immunocompromised individuals are not optimally protected by COVID-19
vaccines and potentially require additional preventive interventions to mitigate the risk of …

Simvastatin in critically ill patients with Covid-19

REMAP-CAP Investigators - New England Journal of Medicine, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The efficacy of simvastatin in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019
(Covid-19) is unclear. Methods In an ongoing international, multifactorial, adaptive platform …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term outcomes following hospital admission for COVID-19 versus seasonal influenza: a cohort study

Y **e, T Choi, Z Al-Aly - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Previous comparative analyses of people admitted to hospital for COVID-19
versus influenza evaluated the risk of death, hospital readmission, and a narrow set of …

Current progress, challenges and prospects in the development of COVID-19 vaccines

C Zhu, S Pang, J Liu, Q Duan - Drugs, 2024 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over 772 million confirmed cases, including nearly
7 million deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Leveraging rapid …

Mortality in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 vs influenza in fall-winter 2023-2024

Y **e, T Choi, Z Al-Aly - Jama, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| Based on US Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health records from all 50
states, we identified people who were admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of COVID-19 …

High burden of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in severely immunocompromised patients requiring mechanical ventilation

S Feys, K Lagrou, HM Lauwers… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–associated pulmonary
aspergillosis (CAPA) is a frequent superinfection in critically ill patients with COVID-19 and …

Long term risk of death and readmission after hospital admission with covid-19 among older adults: retrospective cohort study

AS Oseran, Y Song, J Xu, IJ Dahabreh, RK Wadhera… - Bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
Objectives To characterize the long term risk of death and hospital readmission after an
index admission with covid-19 among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, and to …

Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant infections compared with seasonal influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infections in adults attending the emergency …

P Hedberg, J Karlsson Valik… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background There is a controversy over the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in an era of less virulent variants and an increasing …