Certain diets may protect against heart disease with type 1 diabetes
Jul 16, 2024
Higher adherence was tied to lower inflammatory marker levels over time.
CDC now says vaccinated should be tested after COVID-19 exposure, even without symptoms
Jul 29, 2021
Even though fully vaccinated people still may get infected, infections tend to have mild or no symptoms.
Antibody combo prevents infection from SARS-CoV-2 exposure
Aug 05, 2021
A single dose of REGEN-COV reduces symptomatic, asymptomatic infection risk in household contacts of infected persons for a 28-day period.
Odds of COVID-19 hospitalization lower after vaccination
Sep 02, 2021
Compared with infected unvaccinated individuals, infected vaccinated individuals report almost all symptoms less frequently.
Increases in incidence of certain foodborne diseases seen during 2023
Jul 08, 2024
The increasing numbers of infections may reflect changing diagnostic practices, with an increase in diagnosis by culture-independent diagnostic tests.
Pandemic control practices cut healthcare-acquired infections
Oct 18, 2023
A reduction also was seen in nosocomial respiratory viral infections.
Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection ups protection for vaccinated
Nov 15, 2021
Prior infection was linked to a lower risk for breakthrough infection among individuals vaccinated with BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) or mRNA-1273 (Moderna).
Healthcare-associated infections higher for patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Apr 14, 2023
The findings were seen for central line-associated bloodstream infection, catheter-associated urinary tract infection and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
Commercial insurance market in ‘state of flux’ for senior housing and care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 22, 2024
The commercial insurance market for long-term care operators “is in a state of flux, influenced by both lingering effects of the pandemic and broader economic factors,” Janice Loper, vice president...
Protection against omicron strongest with hybrid immunity
Jun 17, 2022
Immunity resulting from previous COVID-19 infection and recent booster vaccination confers the strongest protection against the omicron infection.