April 2024 | 153 comments (153 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Viral Persistence After SARS CoV-2 (none / 1)

It's official: A new Lancet Infectious Disease paper solidifies evidence of long-term viral persistence after #COVID-19.

Up to a quarter of people in the study harbored viral proteins indicative of persistent virus for up to 14 months after infection: [_link]
— Amy Proal, PhD (@microbeminded2) April 8, 2024

Have a peaceful cultural summer

by Oui (Oui) on Tue Apr 9th, 2024 at 09:46:36 PM EST
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Re: Viral Persistence After SARS CoV-2 (none / 0)

Public health missing in action - "COVID shatters decades of global health progress, slashing life expectancy" [_link]
— Prof Deborah Lupton Master of Public Health, PhD (@DALupton) April 8, 2024

Have a peaceful cultural summer

by Oui (Oui) on Tue Apr 9th, 2024 at 09:48:03 PM EST
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American sciences (none / 0)

thehill | 'Forever chemicals' are known for lingering in the body. Menstruation helps expel them, 21 Apr

This story is part of a series, "Fighting 'Forever Chemicals': Women face pervasive PFAS risks."
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A January 2022 Toxicology review published by [NIH group leader Suzanne] Fenton's research team notes that "menstruation appears to be a crucial route of elimination for many PFAS" and potentially explains up to 30 percent of the discrepancy between male and female PFAS blood levels.
"Since 90-99 percent of PFAS in the blood are bound to serum albumin, menstrual bleeding may prove an important elimination pathway for these persistent substances," the authors stated.
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The vast majority of Americans have at least some PFAS in their bloodstream. A widely cited study published in 2015 from the Centers for Disease Control [CDC] and Prevention found that 97 percent of Americans have these substances in their blood.
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Nonetheless, Fenton stressed that "because some PFAS accumulate in tissues, this route is unlikely to rid the body of PFAS."
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"Similarly, if you regularly donate blood you can get rid of some of your body burden of the environmental chemicals like the PFAS," she added.
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