Child care stress affects health, work of U.S. healthcare workers during pandemic
Jul 22, 2022
High child care stress was tied to anxiety, depression and burnout as well as retention issues.
Simultaneous flu vaccine, COVID-19 booster safe
Jul 21, 2022
Systemic reactions generally were mild and were slightly more likely among those receiving both vaccines compared with the COVID-19 mRNA booster alone.
Fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose safe for immunocompromised
Jul 18, 2022
Local and systemic reactions were reported less frequently after the fourth dose versus dose 3 of the primary vaccination series.
Almost 30 percent of COVID-19 patients develop ‘long COVID’
May 02, 2022
Factors independently associated with PASC include hospitalization for COVID-19, having diabetes and higher body mass index.
Healthcare personnel more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 at work
Apr 14, 2022
HCP cases were more likely to report healthcare exposures and were less likely to report household/community exposures.
Fourth dose of BNT162b2 offers protection against severe COVID-19
Apr 08, 2022
Protection against COVID-19 did not wane in six weeks after receipt of fourth dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine; protection against the infection waned.
Effectiveness of Ad26.COV2.S vaccine stable for six months
Mar 22, 2022
A single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was 74% and 81% effective for preventing COVID-19 infection and hospitalizations, respectively, in the U.S. before and during delta variant surge.
Survival high with ECMO for selected severe COVID-19 patients
Mar 10, 2022
Of 30 patients, 90% survived to discharge; survival was 86.7% at a median follow-up of 10.8 months since ECMO cannulation.
Vaccine rollout linked to drop in severe COVID-19 in dialysis patients
Feb 28, 2022
And patients on maintenance dialysis who received COVID-19 vaccination had decreasing antibody titers over time.
Vaccine effectiveness up after three COVID-19 vaccine doses
Feb 14, 2022
Vaccine effectiveness was lower during the omicron- versus the delta-predominant period at all time points; it waned with increasing time since vaccination.