CDC advises updated COVID vaccine for everyone over 6 months of age
Jun 28, 2024
Americans 65 and older account for two-thirds of COVID hospitalizations and 82% of in-hospital deaths, yet only about 40% of Americans in that age group were immunized with the COVID vaccines that were...
Residual risk seen for death, postacute sequelae in third year after COVID-19 hospitalization
Jun 13, 2024
The risk for death remains significantly elevated in the third year, as is risk for incident postacute sequelae of COVID-19.
Expert panel develops new definition of long COVID
Jun 11, 2024
A new proposed definition for Long COVID could help patients get the help they need, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says.
Systemic side effects of COVID-19 vaccine tied to greater nAB response
Jun 11, 2024
Each 1-degree Celsius increase in skin temperature after a dose was linked to a 1.8- and 3.1-fold higher neutralizing antibody response one and six months later.
More medical lab tests will soon face federal scrutiny, FDA says
Apr 29, 2024
Laboratory tests used by millions of Americans are soon to be classified as medical devices, and as such be regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Monday.
Two-thirds of survivors of the most severe COVID-19 face impairment at one year
Apr 26, 2024
Physical, psychiatric and cognitive problems were seen in those discharged to long-term acute care hospitals.
Online breathing program can up mental health-related quality of life in long COVID
May 03, 2022
Significant improvement was seen in the mental health composite score but not in physical composite score of health-related quality of life.
Less than 1 percent of COVID-19 patients experience reinfection
Jun 28, 2021
Symptoms of severe disease are less frequent with reinfection, although death can occur.
WHO says pandemic death total far higher than reported in many countries
May 05, 2022
In the United States, about 930,000 more people than expected had died by the end of 2021 compared with the 820,000 COVID-19 deaths officially recorded during the same period, The New York Times reported.
Pfizer set to ask FDA to approve booster for those 18 and older
Nov 09, 2021
Peter Chin-Hong, M.D., an infectious-disease physician at the University of California, San Francisco, said there is “some value” in young people getting a booster to protect older relatives...