'Leaky Gut' May Inflame Hearts After Covid: Prognosis
Health workers in protective gear transport a patient into the emergency room of a hospital in Shanghai, China, during a spike in Covid cases last year. New research points to the virus wrecking havoc on the gastrointestinal tract in some people.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/BloombergHi, it’s Jason. I’m back in Melbourne after a trip to the US, where I learned more about Covid-19’s effects on the gut, and how new findings are shedding light on other life-threatening ailments. Before I get into that…
Remember the scary, seemingly random Covid complication that landed 1 in 10,000 previously healthy kids in the hospital with inflamed hearts, fever, bloodshot eyes, rashes, and stomach pain?