Loss in everyday functioning reported by veterans during pandemic
Mar 04, 2024
44.9% of veterans with COVID-19 infection, and 35.3% without, reported that they could do less than before the pandemic.
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.
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.
Immune response not inferior with coadministration of COVID-19, flu shots
Sep 14, 2023
A similar immune response and no increase in the rate of reactogenicity events was seen with coadministration versus administering the COVID-19 vaccine alone.
US wastewater tests spot highly mutated variant of COVID-19
Aug 24, 2023
Officials did not specify where the samples were from; most patients infected with new BA.2.86 variant have had mild symptoms.
FDA approves updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
Oct 04, 2023
The updated shot is expected to better target variants that are circulating now and help prevent hospitalization and death from the virus.
Overestimation of oxygen saturation leads to delayed COVID-19 treatment
Aug 31, 2023
Patients with unrecognized need for COVID-19 therapy appear to have higher odds of readmission, regardless of race.
‘Misallocation’ of COVID-19 vaccines led to preventable deaths of older adults: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 16, 2024
Older adults in New York City may have missed out on timely COVID-19 vaccinations — and possibly died — due to a misallocation of resources that allowed younger adults in wealthy neighborhoods to jump...
It’s all in the wrist: New wearable devices can provide seniors key data about Alzheimer’s, COVID
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 13, 2024
Two research projects, on Alzheimer’s and Long COVID, highlight the unique potential for wrist wearables to monitor and detect health data.
COVID-19 virus no match for lasers, scientists find
By
Aaron Dorman
Jan 11, 2024
A research team using lasers has found that specific wavelengths can do serious damage to either the RNA or protein structures within COVID.