Tag: Oxford

Can mild Covid affect the brain ?

Yes, according to an Oxford study.

The team investigated brain changes in 785 UK Biobank participants (aged 51–81).

The team compared Brain scans before COVID infection and Brain scans after infection.

They found that people with COVID subsequently had “brain shrinkage” and reduced “brain function” particularly relating to parts of brain dealing with emotions smell and long-term memory

It is not known whether these brain changes are temporary and reversible after a while or whether these changes are permanent.

References

Original paper in Nature for COVID brain. Douaud, G., Lee, S., Alfaro-Almagro, F. et al. SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank. Nature (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04569-5

Daily Telegraph. Covid may cause the brain to degenerate three times faster than normal
Study finds ‘significantly greater cognitive decline’ among people who have been infected with coronavirus
By Sarah Knapton, SCIENCE EDITOR
7 March 2022 • 4:46pm

BBC. Scans reveal how Covid may change the brain By Rebecca Morelle
Science Editor, BBC News

Bloomberg. Covid Can Shrink the Brain as Much as a Decade of Aging, Study Finds. By Jason Gale+Follow7 March 2022, 16:00 GMT

Daily Mail. ‘Covid brain’ IS real: Illness can cause regions of the brain to SHRINK and lead to cognitive decline, new study finds. By Bhvishya Patel For Mailonline
02:16, 08 Mar 2022 , updated 07:18, 08 Mar 2022

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A third Vaccine approved for protection against COVID-19 Coronavirus infection

Pfizer Vaccine and Astra Zeneca/Oxford Vaccine were approved last month by the UK regulatory authorities.

Now the regulatory authorities have approved a third vaccine. The third vaccine from Moderna along with two other vaccines should help to bring the pandemic to an end.

The Moderna vaccine is a new technology like the Pfizer Vaccine. (based on mRNA technology).

Like the two vaccines, the short term data for Moderna vaccine is very encouraging.

Over long term, one hopes that the protective effect of all the three vaccines is long lasting and that they remain effective against any new variants of coronavirus that might emerge in the coming months.

Overall, there is certainly ‘light at end of the tunnel’ and the world can emerge out of this horrific pandemic in a short period.

BBC. Moderna becomes third Covid vaccine approved in the UK
By Michelle Roberts
Health editor, BBC News online

BBC.Covid-19: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine judged safe for use in UK
By Michelle Roberts
Health editor, BBC News online
Published2 December 2020

BBC. Covid-19: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine approved for use in UK
By James Gallagher and Nick Triggle
BBC News
Published30 December 2020

MHRA. Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine approved.

MHRA. Moderna vaccine becomes third COVID-19 vaccine approved by UK regulator.

MHRA. UK medicines regulator gives approval for first UK COVID-19 vaccine.

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The views expressed in this blog represent the author’s views held at the time of drafting the blog and may change overtime, particularly when new evidence comes to light. The blog is not necessarily endorsed by any organisation the author is associated with and the authors views are not in way intended to be a substitute for professional advice.