Healthcare workforce turnover increased after pandemic
Jan 26, 2024
Exit rates for healthcare workers increased at onset of pandemic and remained higher than baseline through 2021.
Hospitals are rationing COVID-19 pills, infusions as cases rise
Jan 07, 2022
Doctors and health systems are in the difficult position of rationing supplies to meet the needs of those in the most dire situations.
Adverse postoperative outcomes not increased with recent COVID-19
Mar 28, 2023
The odds ratios for postoperative outcomes was not significantly increased for those with infection in preoperative days 1 to 30 and 31 to 60.
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines immunogenic in immunosuppressed patients
Sep 08, 2021
mRNA-based severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines appear to be immunogenic in patients receiving immunosuppressive medications for the management of chronic inflammatory...
CDC close to new guidance on COVID-19 restrictions
Feb 24, 2022
The agency wants to give more emphasis to meaningful consequences, such as hospitalizations, emergency room visits and deaths.
Delta variant now fueling 99 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases
Sep 20, 2021
The delta variant is driving the increase in hospitalizations.
Loss of smell, taste less likely with newer COVID-19 variants
May 18, 2022
A lower risk for developing chemosensory loss was observed with the alpha, delta and omicron variants.
Public health emergency extended 90 more days
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 14, 2022
The federal public health emergency related to COVID-19 is being renewed effective Saturday, when the existing one was set to expire, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.
More free COVID-19 tests made available by US government
Nov 20, 2023
Four tests are allowed per household; people who did not order more in September can order up to eight free tests.
Federal data understated COVID-19 cases, deaths in nursing homes
Sep 10, 2021
The estimated cases and deaths omitted represented 11.6% and 14% of cases and deaths in nursing home residents in 2020.