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...
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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...
COVID vaccines may have averted thousands of hospital stays in infants, pregnant women over 18 months
A US modeling study published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics estimates that vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 prevented 7,000 hospitalizations in infants...
Nearly 7 in 10 COVID survivors tested didn’t know they had a dulled sense of smell
Even if they don't notice it, COVID-19 survivors' sense of smell may remain impaired for years after infection, the Researching...