Distinct Immunological Signatures Discriminate Severe Covid-19 from Non-SARS-CoV-2-driven Critical Pneumonia

Stefanie Kreutmair, Susanne Unger, Nicolás Gonzalo Núñez, Michael Bitzer, Antoine Roquilly, Burkhard Becher  Distinct immunological signatures discriminate severe COVID-19 from non-SARS-CoV-2-driven critical pneumonia Immune profiling of COVID-19 patients has identified numerous alterations in both innate and adaptive immunity. However, whether those changes are specific to SARS-CoV-2 or driven by a general inflammatory response shared across […]

The Mysterious Rise in Severe Diseases in Children

From above unrecognizable black man wearing protective mask on face of ethnic kid standing in room near window closed with curtain

Carla Peeters Since the pandemic young children are dealing with a mysterious increase in disease. Some may even have doubled in frequency, varying from infectious diseases, mental diseases (anxiety, depression, suicide increasing 25% worldwide) to hormonal diseases (early onset of puberty) to inflammation (Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD), obesity and now hepatitis (inflammation of the liver).  In the past week, […]