No permanent lung damage observed after COVID-19 recovery
Aug 23, 2021
No difference was seen between lung parenchyma of COVID-19 survivors and controls in specimens from unrelated elective lung resections.
Intermountain Healthcare expands hospital-at-home to COVID-19 patients
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Diane Eastabrook
Aug 10, 2021
Intermountain Healthcare, a leader in hospital-at-home, is expanding its hospital-at-home program to patients with COVID-19. The expansion is part of the Utah-based hospital system’s effort to provide...
Concerns raised about COVID-19 chronic olfactory dysfunction
Nov 19, 2021
“These data suggest an emerging public health concern of OD and the urgent need for research that focuses on treating COVID-19 COD,” the authors wrote.
Recommended 2023 adult immunization schedule published
Feb 10, 2023
Changes include a new section relating to COVID-19 vaccines and the addition of a newly licensed vaccine for hepatitis B.
Nearly half of 500 million free COVID-19 tests still left
Feb 28, 2022
Americans have placed 68 million orders for four free rapid tests per family, but about 46% of the tests are still available.
Fluticasone furoate does not cut time to COVID-19 symptom resolution
Sep 21, 2023
No significant reduction was seen in the percent of patients with urgent care or emergency department visits or hospitalization.
Preinfection psychological distress may up risk for long COVID
Sep 12, 2022
Depression, anxiety, worry, perceived stress and loneliness were linked to an increased risk for long COVID in a large study of mostly women.
Risks for diabetes, CVD up in acute, postacute COVID-19 phases
Jul 20, 2022
However, from 13 to 52 weeks after COVID-19, no increase was seen for diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular disease.
Metabolic syndrome ups odds of acute respiratory distress syndrome, death in COVID-19
Jan 03, 2022
For each additional metabolic syndrome criterion, the risk for ARDS increases in an additive manner.
COVID-19 vaccines cut mortality with heart failure
Jun 16, 2022
Those who are partially vaccinated and unvaccinated face the same increased risk, whereas boosted and fully vaccinated adults fare best.