Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 similar for chronic liver disease with, without cirrhosis
Mar 07, 2023
However, full vaccination was associated with two-thirds lower risk for death with cirrhosis.
Pre-infection healthy lifestyle tied to lower risk for long COVID
Feb 07, 2023
A healthy body mass index and adequate nightly sleep showed the highest preventive benefit.
Virtual reality therapy can augment depression treatment
May 13, 2024
Extended reality-enhanced behavioral activation (XR-BA) may be a feasible enhancement to traditional BA for major depressive disorder.
For earlier variants, severe COVID-19 less likely at reinfection
Dec 13, 2021
The odds of the composite of severe, critical or fatal disease at reinfection were 0.10 times that at primary infection with SARS-CoV-2.
Homologous, heterologous COVID-19 boosters are immunogenic
Feb 07, 2022
Antibody neutralizing titers against SARS-CoV-2 D614G pseudovirus increased by a factor of 4 to 73 for all combinations.
Incidence rates of SARS-CoV-2 similar for children, adults
Oct 15, 2021
“Children are not only capable of becoming infected, but are also capable of transmitting SARS-CoV-2,” write the authors of an accompanying editorial.
China to drop COVID-19 test requirement for foreign travelers
Aug 28, 2023
The announcement marks a significant milestone in the country, which has enforced strict lockdowns and “zero COVID” policies during the pandemic.
Intranasal corticosteroids tied to less severe COVID-19 outcomes
Oct 01, 2021
The findings were seen among individuals regularly using steroid nasal sprays before a COVID-19 diagnosis.
Man dies in first fatal case of Alaskapox
Feb 14, 2024
The Alaska Section of Epidemiology said the patient was “an elderly man from the Kenai Peninsula with a history of drug-induced immunosuppression” due to cancer treatments.
CDC reports no new mpox cases in over a week for first time since outbreak began
Apr 28, 2023
Since the outbreak began last May, more than 30,000 people have been infected with the virus, and 42 people have died.