Data suggest 29% to 64% efficacy of 2024-25 COVID vaccine against poor outcomes in US veterans
The estimated effectiveness of last year's COVID-19 vaccine among US veterans was 29% against related emergency department (ED) visits, 39%...
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Severe COVID may carry higher risk of long-term conditions requiring hospitalization through 6 months
A large real-world study suggests that while adults with mild or moderate COVID-19 are at only modestly greater risk of...
Data: Pediatric hospital strain amid 2022-23 respiratory virus season not tied to decline in beds
A Yale University–led research team reports that high US pediatric hospital bed occupancy (bed strain) and large differences in between-hospital...
Nearly 1 in 3 adults with severe long COVID have rare heart-rhythm disorder, data suggest
An uncommon heart-rhythm disorder occurs in nearly 1 in 3 adults with severe long COVID, most of them middle-aged women,...
CDC announces changes to COVID, childhood vaccines, touting ‘informed consent’
Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is now applying individual-based decision-making to COVID-19 vaccination instead...
US COVID activity falling
Another child has died from measles in Canada, this time a premature infant from Alberta, which has been experiencing a...
Trial: Paxlovid retreatment after COVID rebound tied to faster drop in viral RNA but no clinical benefit
A phase 2 randomized controlled trial published in Clinical Infectious Diseases finds that retreatment with the antiviral combination nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) after...
Poll shows Americans view COVID-19 vaccines as unsafe for pregnant women
Love Employee / iStock Today, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published updated guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and...
Inhaled heparin slashes ventilation, death in COVID patients, analysis suggests
A meta-trial of randomized clinical studies conducted in 6 countries suggests that the use of inhaled heparin dramatically reduced the risk...
Viewpoint: What we don’t see about vaccines COULD hurt us
Leaders with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have announced changes to vaccine recommendations and made statements...