This review aims to provide a clinical practice-oriented approach to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in MS in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ireland Urged to Champion A European Neurological Health Strategy During its EU Presidency
July 22, 2026
A coalition of Irish and European organisations representing people affected by neurological conditions, researchers and clinicians, has called on Ireland to use its Presidency of the Council of the European Union to champion the development of a European Neurological Health Strategy.
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and COVID-19: A systematic synthesis of worldwide cases
September 7, 2021Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) has been reported after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this review, the authors systematically included worldwide reported cases on this association. -
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Neurological symptoms and complications in predominantly hospitalized COVID-19 patients – results of the European multinational LEOSS registry
September 7, 2021In this study the authors analyzed COVID-19 patients of 127 centers, diagnosed between 01/2020 and 02/2021, and registered at the European multinational LEOSS registry ‘Lean European Open Survey on SARS-Infected Patients’. -
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Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~20% of COVID-19 deaths
September 7, 2021In this article the authors detect auto-Abs neutralizing 100-fold lower, more physiological, concentrations of IFN-α and/or -ω in 13.6% of 3,595 patients with critical COVID-19, including 21% of 374 patients > 80 years, and 6.5% of 522 patients with severe COVID-19. -
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Progress of the COVID-19 vaccine effort: viruses, vaccines and variants versus efficacy, effectiveness and escape
September 7, 2021In this article, the authors provide a snapshot of ongoing vaccine efficacy studies, as well as real-world data on vaccine effectiveness and the impact of virus variants of concern. -
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Mortality in individuals treated with COVID-19 convalescent plasma varies with the geographic provenance of donors
September 7, 2021The authors of this article hypothesize that convalescent plasma has a higher efficacy, as defined by death within 30 days of transfusion, when the convalescent plasma donor and treated patient were in close geographic proximity. -
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Two doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination induce robust immune responses to emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
September 7, 2021The authors analyse antibodies and T cells of a recently vaccinated, UK cohort, alongside those recovering from natural infection in early 2020. -
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Associations of BNT162b2 vaccination with SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospital admission and death with COVID-19 in nursing homes and healthcare workers in Catalonia: prospective cohort study
September 7, 2021The objective of this prospective cohort study was to determine associations of BNT162b2 vaccination with SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospital admission and death with COVID-19 among nursing home residents, nursing home staff, and healthcare workers. -
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Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 outcomes in Ontario, Canada: test negative design study
September 7, 2021The objective of this test negative design study was to estimate the effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic infection and severe outcomes (hospital admission or death). -
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Risk of acute myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke following COVID-19 in Sweden: a self-controlled case series and matched cohort study
September 7, 2021In this article the authors aimed to quantify the risk of acute myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke associated with COVID-19 by analysing all COVID-19 cases in Sweden. -
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Cerebral venous thrombosis and portal vein thrombosis: A retrospective cohort study of 537,913 COVID-19 cases
September 7, 2021Using a retrospective cohort study based on electronic health records primarily in the USA, the absolute risks of cerebral and portal vein thrombosis in the two weeks following a diagnosis of COVID-19 were calculated. -
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The effect of COVID-19 isolation measures on the cognition and mental health of people living with dementia: A rapid systematic review of one year of quantitative evidence
September 7, 2021This study aimed to summarize the global research evidence describing the effect of COVID-19 isolation measures on the health of people living with dementia. -
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Safety and immunogenicity of heterologous versus homologous prime-boost schedules with an adenoviral vectored and mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (Com-COV): a single-blind, randomised, non-inferiority trial
September 7, 2021The authors of this study report the safety and immunogenicity of heterologous schedules with the ChAd and BNT vaccines. -
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Cerebral venous thrombosis after vaccination against COVID-19 in the UK: a multicentre cohort study
September 7, 2021For this multicentre cohort study, clinicians were asked to submit all cases in which COVID-19 vaccination preceded the onset of cerebral venous thrombosis, regardless of the type of vaccine, interval between vaccine and onset of cerebral venous thrombosis symptoms, or blood test results. -
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Inhaled budesonide for COVID-19 in people at high risk of complications in the community in the UK (PRINCIPLE): a randomised, controlled, open-label, adaptive platform trial
September 7, 2021In this study the authors aimed to establish whether inhaled budesonide reduces time to recovery and COVID-19-related hospital admissions or deaths among people at high risk of complications in the community.









