200 million Americans are now fully vaccinated as COVID-19 cases spike
Dec 09, 2021
White House officials noted that 12.5 million shots were given last week, the highest weekly total since May.
‘Delta plus’ variant surfaces in eight U.S. states
Nov 02, 2021
AY.4.2 ‘sub-lineage’ of delta may spread faster than the original variant, but there is no evidence that it causes more severe illness.
Increased blood viscosity linked to mortality in COVID-19
Jul 20, 2022
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with increased estimated blood viscosity may have a greater risk for in-hospital mortality.
ACC offers guidance on cardiovascular sequelae of COVID-19
Mar 18, 2022
The guidelines address myocarditis and other types of myocardial involvement, postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 and return to exercise.
WHO: Monkeypox cases may finally be ebbing
Aug 25, 2022
UK health authorities said recently that a decline in new cases in that country may be an early sign the outbreak was starting to slow.
COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness for delta variant differs by dose number
Jul 22, 2021
Absolute differences seen in vaccine effectiveness for the delta versus the alpha variant were more marked after one dose.
Use of injectable local anesthetics up for hip fracture
Mar 28, 2022
The increasing use of injected local anesthetics may represent move away from opioid analgesia for hip fracture patients.
COVID-19 pneumonia hospitalization tied to new-onset dementia
May 02, 2022
The rate was significantly higher than seen with other pneumonias.
Vaccination offers partial protection for postacute phase of COVID-19
May 31, 2022
Individuals with breakthrough infection have an increased risk for death and postacute sequelae compared with contemporary controls.
Antibody levels after COVID-19 vaccination inversely linked to body weight
May 23, 2022
An inverse correlation was sustained for up to six months following two doses of BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) in a small cohort of healthy young and middle-aged adults.