COVID-19 vaccine priority populations vary by state, city: reports
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 11, 2020
With the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory board recommending approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use authorization on Thursday, two data analyses outline which...
ADA: Diabetes may quadruple risk for long COVID
Jun 08, 2022
The authors say that the review findings are limited by heterogenous definitions of long COVID in published studies.
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 incidence up with exposure to airborne pollutants
Jan 11, 2022
Independent associations with COVID-19 were seen for age, living in a residential care home, history of stroke and medications for diabetes, hypertension and obstructive airway diseases.
Long-term care residents remain on top of priority list for COVID-19 vaccine
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 25, 2020
Older adults living in long-term care facilities moved down on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 vaccination priority last, following healthcare workers, essential workers and...