Food insecurity tied to higher risk of long COVID
A new survey of more than 21,000 US adults shows that those who reported food insecurity had a 73% higher...
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Analysis: More American women went without Pap smears during COVID-19 pandemic
A survey of almost 2,000 US women published today in PLOS Global Health shows that the COVID-19 pandemic, with its disruptions...
Amid COVID pandemic, toddlers showed resilience, less bad behavior, researchers say
A study today in JAMA Network Open involving nearly 3,500 US toddlers suggests that they had fewer parent-reported behavioral problems amid...
COVID vaccine myth-busting can work, study suggests
A COVID-19 misinformation-busting messaging intervention that presented a myth followed by a fact among people who had completed the initial...
Survey: Depression, anxiety rates rose across racial groups in height of pandemic, with persistent or widened gaps
AnnaStills / iStock A survey of more than 107,000 US adult participants in the National Health Interview Survey from 2019 to...
Study: Risk of RSV not heightened in kids with recent COVID infections
Pediatric hospitals across the United States saw a surge in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the summer of 2021 and...
Most US kids hospitalized for COVID had chronic illnesses; less than 4% were vaccinated
Nearly 6 of 10 vaccine-eligible US children hospitalized for COVID-19 from 2022 to 2024 had at least one underlying medical...
Disadvantaged COVID survivors at over twice the risk for long-term symptoms, researchers say
COVID-19 survivors who experience social and economic hardship may be at higher risk for persistent symptoms, a Harvard Brigham and...
Life expectancy didn’t return to baseline after COVID pandemic, data suggest
While life expectancy in California edged up after plunging in 2021 amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it hasn't...
Analysis shows higher COVID hospitalization rates for Black, Hispanic kids
Yesterday in JAMA Network Open, researchers published a study highlighting higher COVID-19 hospitalization rates among Black and Hispanic children in...