Study shows prevalence of long COVID in a university community
WASHINGTON (Jan. 26, 2023)--A study published today suggests the prevalence of long COVID was 36% among George Washington University students, ...
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COVID toll realized: CVD deaths take big jump, especially among certain populations
Report Highlights: More people died from cardiovascular-related causes in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, than in any ...
UTHSC team’s COVID data system highlighted as model for public health preparedness, population health surveillance
When COVID-19 hit the Mid-South in 2020, researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center quickly saw how Memphis ...
Primary care plays a role in helping patients with long COVID symptoms by providing holistic, trustworthy care
Many people are experiencing a variety of long COVID-19 symptoms and are relying on some of their own methods to ...
Researchers identify physician and patient concerns around COVID digital detection surveillance in China
To highlight ethical considerations for promoting patients’ autonomy and health care rights, researchers from mainland China, Hong Kong and New ...
Study: COVID surges caused higher mortality among non-COVID patients
Overall patient care suffered during the coronavirus pandemic when COVID-19 surges swamped U.S. hospitals, especially in patients 45 years and ...
Many older adults declined home medical care for fear of COVID, causing new or worsening conditions
COVID-19 interrupted or delayed medical treatment for many people who chose to put off elective procedures or couldn't get in ...
Diagnosing, assessing and treating long COVID
About 1.4 million people in Canada have been affected by long COVID after infection, or suspected infection, with SARS-CoV-2. A new ...
COVID calculations spur solution to old problem in computer science
During the corona epidemic many of us became amateur mathematicians. How quickly would the number of hospitalized patients rise, and ...
Does COVID change the body’s response to other threats? Depends on your sex
New Haven, Conn. — The long-term effects of infection on the immune system have long intrigued John Tsang, a Yale ...
Researchers study immune response, proteins in blood of young adults who develop rare complication after COVID vaccination
Risk of severe COVID-19 continues to outweigh rare risk of post-vaccination myocarditis Among adolescents and young adults who developed this ...
nTIDE November 2022 COVID Update: Big decline pushes unemployment for people with disabilities below pre-pandemic levels
East Hanover, NJ. December 20, 2022. Unemployment for people with disabilities declined markedly in November to well below pre-pandemic levels, ...
UCLA Health tip sheet: Masks prevent more than COVID; Obesity and stroke; Reducing low value treatments in Alzheimer’s Disease
UCLA Health Tip Sheet Dec. 21, 2022 Below is a brief roundup of news and story ideas from the experts ...
Pre-exposure prophylaxis with tixagevimab-cilgavimab protects blood cancer patients against COVID
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center oncologists found that using a combination monoclonal antibody (tixagevimab-cilgavimab) against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in patients ...
‘Impressive results’ with long COVID rehab program
A rehabilitation programme that helps people with long COVID reduce their symptoms and increase activity levels has shown “impressive” results, say ...
Homelessness is linked to a higher risk of death from COVID in L.A. County, study shows
People experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles who contract COVID are 2.35 times more likely to die than someone in the ...
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine’s COVID Support Our Schools Initiative publishes findings
December 15, 2022, Nutley, NJ – An innovative program started to assist public schools amid the pressures and uncertainty of ...
Surgical risk persists for patients who’ve had COVID
When patients undergo any type of surgery after having had COVID, their odds of significant postoperative problems diminish with elapsed ...
Study reveals recommended anticoagulant therapy for COVID patients
The COVID-19 global pandemic remains a major public health challenge. ASCOT researchers aim to discover which treatments are most effective ...
National study confirms breakthrough COVID cases are less severe than COVID in unvaccinated adults
INDIANAPOLIS -- Individuals who, despite having been vaccinated against COVID-19, develop the disease and are hospitalized are less likely to ...