Michael Marshall

The immune system going rogue and attacking healthy tissue seems to behind some cases of long covid, a discovery that could open doors towards treatments

The period between Christmas and New Year is always weird, but I do quite like getting a chance to take stock of the year; to figure out what I've done, and what I'd like to do next or better. In...

The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes. The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes.

Some people have been living with long covid for five years, but we are still just starting to learn about its exact causes and how best to treat the condition

Some people have been living with long covid for five years, but we are still just starting to learn about its exact causes and how best to treat the condition

There are many scary claims about excess time on digital devices for children and teenagers. Here’s a guide to the real risks - and what to do about them

Lingering symptoms after a covid-19 infection remain a problem for millions of people. Nations need to renew efforts to find treatments for them and help prevent yet more cases 29 November 2023 IT HAS been nearly four years since the covid-19…

FOR many of us, the covid-19 pandemic is fading into memory. But for millions of people, that isn’t possible as they are still unwell. An illness that is often brief and mild is, for some, the start of a rollercoaster of symptoms that can last years.…

Why does the anti-vaccine movement hate vaccine researcher Peter J. Hotez? His troubling personal account shows a deep disconnect in society over science, and one that needs addressing with the very best persuasion WHEN I posted a photo of The Deadly…

You have full access to this article via your institution. More than three years after SARS-CoV-2 began its global spread, an estimated 65 million or more people1 are still living with the often devastating effects of long COVID — and scientists are…

Being pregnant at the height of the covid-19 pandemic was profoundly challenging. Many had to give birth without their partners present and new parents found themselves locked down with little or no outside support. On top of this, there was the fear…

The coronavirus commonly causes gastrointestinal symptoms, but whether this is due to inflammation, disruption to our microbiome or the virus affecting the permeability of our gut wall is unclear As the first wave of cases of the coronavirus swept…

Credit: CDC / Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM Where did covid-19 come from? TL:DR I thought back in early 2020 it probably had a natural origin, and despite all the attention given to the possibility of a lab leak, I still think the natural…

Widespread cases of long covid have shone a spotlight on the role viral infections play in previously neglected conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia Millions of people worldwide may have experienced long covid, with some having…

I spent much of 2022 working on the World Disasters Report for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. We looked at what went right and wrong during the covid-19 pandemic and how to do better next time. And now the…

We now know that covid-19 can cause neurological symptoms, ranging from brain fog and headaches to strokes. Research is beginning to reveal how this happens and hint at better treatments From the first weeks of the covid-19 pandemic, it has been…

Many countries in the northern hemisphere are seeing surges of childhood respiratory infections like influenza and RSV. While this is partly because child infections fell during covid-19 restrictions, that isn’t the whole story After two long winters…

Researchers are learning more about how the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus stifles smell — and how they might revive it. Researchers are finally making headway in understanding how the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causes loss of smell. And a multitude of potential…

Several countries are now abandoning their goal of reducing the coronavirus's spread as much as possible, but the evidence shows this was the best route to have taken, says Michael Marshall IT HAS been two years since the World Health Organization…

Tens of millions of people have long covid. We are finally beginning to understand the mechanisms behind the disease - and medicines are probably less than a year away LAUREN NICHOLS first fell ill on 10 March 2020. Her symptoms started with crushing…