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1-Apr-2025

Pregnancy may reduce long COVID risk

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Pregnancy may offer some protection from developing Long COVID, found a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, University of Utah Health and Louisiana Public Health Institute. Previous research has mostly focused on non-pregnant adults affected by Long COVID— a condition lasting for months after a person recovers from SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Journal: Nature Communications

1-Apr-2025

Scientists urge earlier diagnosis and treatment of psoriatic arthritis to prevent permanent damage

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Main findings

- Early symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) often persist for some time before the condition is diagnosed and treated.

- As a result of delays in diagnosing and treating psoriatic arthritis, patients with PsA experience worse disease control when examined three months after diagnosis than patients with other types of arthritis.

- The study's authors say that in the UK, where the study was carried out, improved diagnostic systems are essential. These would involve family doctors being supported to recognise the symptoms of PsA faster and diagnostic scans being offered earlier, allowing treatment to start before joint damage occurs.

Journal: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Funder: UCB UK

1-Apr-2025

One of the most widely used fungicides in farming harmful to reproduction in birds

CNRS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A French team coordinated by a scientist at CNRS highlights the harmful impact on sparrow reproduction of chronic exposure to tebuconazole, one of the most widely used fungicides in agriculture in Europe. These findings, recently published in Environmental Research, reveal a direct link between exposure to this fungicide and slower growth, as well as increased mortality, in sparrow chicks, with a greater impact on females.