An analysis of health insurance records of almost two million coronavirus patients found new issues in nearly a quarter — including those whose Covid infection was mild or asymptomatic. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Research”
Jessica Morris, Whose Brain Cancer Was Her Cause, Dies at 57
By Gotham Rex on June 9, 2021
After her diagnosis of glioblastoma in 2016, she founded an organization that advocated for patients and research. Source: New York Times
The Case of Long Island’s Disappearing Brood X Cicadas
By Gotham Rex on May 19, 2021
The insect cohort known as Brood X may not emerge on Long Island, a sign of humanity’s effects on even nature’s most reliable periodic events. Source: New York Times
Why the C.D.C. Changed Its Advice on Masks
By Gotham Rex on May 14, 2021
Two scientific findings altered the calculus: Vaccinated people don’t transmit the virus, and the shots are effective against variants. Source: New York Times
Long Covid Patients Face Lingering, Worrisome Risks, Study Finds
By Gotham Rex on April 22, 2021
Patients who were not sick enough to be hospitalized still had a significantly greater risk of dying within six months than people who were not infected. Source: New York Times
This Heroin-Using Professor Wants to Change How We Think About Drugs
By Gotham Rex on April 10, 2021
Prof. Carl Hart saw drugs as destroyers of communities. Then he saw the positive side. “We have miseducated the public,” he said. Source: New York Times
Many Children With Serious Inflammatory Syndrome Had No Covid Symptoms
By Gotham Rex on April 6, 2021
Pediatricians should be vigilant, experts said, after the release of the largest U.S. study of the syndrome, MIS-C, that can strike young people weeks after their coronavirus infection. Source: New York Times
Can Vaccinated People Spread the Virus? We Don’t Know, Scientists Say.
By Gotham Rex on April 1, 2021
Researchers pushed back after the C.D.C. director asserted that vaccinated people “do not carry the virus.” Source: New York Times
Some Long Covid-19 Patients Feel Better After Vaccine Doses
By Gotham Rex on March 18, 2021
It is too soon to tell whether the shots have a broad beneficial effect on patients with continuing issues, but scientists are intrigued and beginning to study the phenomenon. Source: New York Times
Coronavirus Reinfections Are Rare, Danish Researchers Report
By Gotham Rex on March 17, 2021
People over 65 are more likely to experience a second bout with the virus, according to a large study of medical records. Source: New York Times
The Virus Spread Where Restaurants Reopened or Mask Mandates Were Absent
By Gotham Rex on March 5, 2021
C.D.C. researchers found that coronavirus infections and death rates rose in U.S. counties permitting in-person dining or not requiring masks. Source: New York Times
Plan to Ditch the Mask After Vaccination? Not So Fast.
By Gotham Rex on March 3, 2021
It’s not clear how easily vaccinated people may spread the virus, but the answer to that question is coming soon. Until then, scientists urge caution. Source: New York Times
A New Coronavirus Variant Is Spreading in New York, Researchers Report
By Gotham Rex on February 24, 2021
The variant contains a mutation thought to help the virus dodge the immune system, scientists said. Source: New York Times
New Findings on 2 Ways Children Become Seriously Ill From the Coronavirus
By Gotham Rex on February 24, 2021
A large study found that young people hospitalized with acute Covid-19 have symptoms and characteristics that differ from those with a Covid-linked inflammatory syndrome. Source: New York Times
New York City Barely Tests for Virus Variants. Can That Change?
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2021
The rate in January was far below the 10 percent recommended by some experts. Now, officials are aiming to put a more robust program in place. Source: New York Times