Meta-analysis reveals wide range of persistent long-COVID psychiatric symptoms
A meta-analysis of 23 studies reveals that the psychiatric symptoms of long COVID were, from most to least prevalent, anxiety,...
Year: 2023
In 2020, pregnant COVID patients much more likely to have severe illness, die at delivery
Pregnant women in the United States infected with COVID-19 at delivery early in the pandemic were nearly three times more...
COVID cases among infants born to infected moms 5 times higher amid Omicron
The rate of US newborns with maternal-transmitted COVID-19 was five times higher during Omicron variant predominance than before, according to...
Global COVID markers fall, though cases rising in several countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) in its weekly pandemic update said yesterday that COVID-19 cases and deaths declined over the...
COVID Omicron variant infection deadlier than flu, studies suggest
Two new studies suggest that COVID-19 Omicron variant infection is deadlier than influenza, with one finding that US veterans hospitalized...
Two infants born to COVID-infected mothers suffer severe brain damage
The combined incidence of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis was cut by two-thirds among men who have sex with men (MSM)...
Analysis: Researchers need to settle on universal long-COVID definition
A literature search and analysis of 295 long-COVID studies finds that only 35% used agency-established definitions of the condition, which the...
Quick takes: ECDC urges fall COVID boosters for risk groups, EUA for new monoclonal antibody, human trial results for Gilead COVID antiviral
A retrospective study of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) suggests many more could be switched early from intravenous (IV) to...
With new Nature study, scientists continue to debate SARS-CoV-2 origins
Chinese researchers who isolated three live SARS-CoV-2 viruses and viral DNA from environmental samples at the Huanan Seafood Market in...
FDA expected to authorize second bivalent COVID booster for risk groups
A British study suggests that Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Muslim, and Sikh groups tested positive for COVID-19 at higher rates than their...