Study: Long COVID could involve factors other than SARS-CoV-2 infection
Researchers who compared rates of long COVID symptoms in young people with and without a history of mild SARS-CoV-2 infection...
Month: March 2023
WHO tracking Omicron XBB.1.16 subvariant, rising cases in some countries
Earlier this week at a press briefing, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said though COVID-19 patterns are hard to...
Quick takes: India’s COVID rise, bill to end health emergency heads to Biden, China ups focus on COVID data
A draft report issued last week by the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) urges the federal government...
COVID during pregnancy might raise obesity risk in children
A draft report issued last week by the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) urges the federal government...
Study identifies SARS-CoV-2 variants with antiviral resistance mutations
A draft report issued last week by the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) urges the federal government...
Where are the missing workers?
Long COVID, fear of catching COVID, and Americans’ shifting priorities for the balance between work and personal activities may explain...
COVID credit policies around the world: Size, scope, costs, and consequences
Large-scale interventions in credit markets were an important, but often under-appreciated, element of many countries efforts to support their economies...
COVID widened excess death gap between US and European countries
The United States has had substantially higher death rates than similar high-income countries in Europe in all but the oldest...
Study: Antibiotics don’t reduce risk of death from viral respiratory infections
Prescribing antibiotics for hospital patients with viral respiratory infections does not appear to have any protective effect, according to a...
Lucira announces US launch of combo COVID-flu home test
The World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine advisory group today announced its latest recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines, which takes into account...