Study Renews Debate on Timing of Surgery After COVID Infection In VA cohort, no higher risk for adverse postoperative outcomes seen within 60 days of infection Mar 28, 2023
Do We Need a Spring COVID-19 Booster? A look at the data, particularly for high-risk groups Mar 27, 2023
Functional Neurological Disorder Emerges After COVID Infection, Vaccines Long COVID functional manifestations differ from post-vaccine effects Mar 24, 2023
Finally, a Potential Therapy to Prevent Long COVID Diabetes drug found to reduce chance of long COVID in clinical trial preprint Mar 21, 2023 video
Clot Risk Generally Low for COVID Outpatients But people with past VTE, thrombophilia, and older age experienced elevated risk Mar 16, 2023
SIDS Rates Increased in 2020, Especially Among Black Infants Finding deserves more attention since it could be attributable to the COVID pandemic, authors say Mar 13, 2023
Typical Chest CTs for COVID Less Common After Omicron, Vaccination More vaccine doses associated with less severe CT results as well Mar 09, 2023
Almost Half of All Public Health Workers Left Their Jobs Over the Past 5 Years If trends continue, more than 100,000 workers could leave in 2025 Mar 08, 2023
Early Metformin Cuts Long COVID Risk Ivermectin and fluvoxamine, meanwhile, showed no benefit in randomized COVID-OUT study Mar 08, 2023
Amid Relaxing COVID Rules for Health Workers, San Francisco Is Reinforcing Them Healthcare workers in the city must continue to mask and be vaccinated Mar 07, 2023
Doctors at Florida Hospital Received Death Threats Over COVID Policies Threats targeted staff over allegations of misconduct, corruption during pandemic Mar 07, 2023
Full-Dose Anticoagulation Again Favored for COVID Admissions Despite failures, FREEDOM trial supports mortality advantage in general ward use Mar 07, 2023
After Severe COVID, Cognitive Trajectories Go One of Three Ways Cognitive impairment persisted for 1 year in some patients age 50 and older Mar 06, 2023
These Surgeries Made the Sharpest Turns to Outpatient Setting After COVID Several procedures saw significant increases in outpatient volumes Mar 03, 2023
Stella Immanuel Highest U.S. Prescriber of Ivermectin and HCQ Controversial physician has doled out tens of thousands of scripts for both drugs Mar 02, 2023
Hopkins' Makary Tells Lawmakers COVID Lab Leak a 'No-Brainer' Other expert witnesses open to other origin theories Mar 01, 2023
Fauci on Lab Leak; Murder Charge for Respiratory Therapist; Extra SNAP Benefits End Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Mar 01, 2023
Evaluating and Treating Children With Long COVID Post-COVID conditions represent a "diagnosis of exclusion" and may be harder to evaluate in kids Feb 27, 2023
Hospitals Bear Brunt of Financial Fallout From COVID But there is an opportunity here to try new strategies to cope Feb 27, 2023
Docs Push Ivermectin for Flu; Woody's SNL Intro; Energy Dept. Backs Lab Leak Theory Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Feb 27, 2023
Remdesivir Finally Shows Mortality Benefit in Hospitalized COVID Patients Antiviral should have been recommended sooner for non-ventilated patients, editorialist argues Feb 23, 2023
Higher Dose of Ivermectin, and for Longer, Still No Help Against COVID Losing streak continues for controversial antiparasitic Feb 23, 2023
Investigational Oral Antiviral Shows Promise in COVID Outpatients Exploratory analyses also point to possible reduction in long COVID symptoms Feb 22, 2023
COVID Rebound Not Exclusive to Those on Paxlovid However, these rebound cases were rare and lasted only about 1 day Feb 22, 2023
How Much Did Celebrities Influence Public Opinion on COVID? "I see them as being like a conduit," says one epidemiologist Feb 21, 2023
Brain Structure, Widespread Connectivity Changes Seen With Long COVID Gray matter atrophy, hyperconnectivity in patients with anxiety, depression Feb 20, 2023
Chest CTs Reveal Abnormalities 2 Years After Severe COVID 39% of hospitalized Wuhan patients had persistent interstitial lung abnormalities, study finds Feb 15, 2023
Guiding New York City Through COVID-19 Former N.Y.C. Health Commissioner on leading the public through the pandemic Feb 14, 2023 podcast
Does COVID Vaccine Blunt Elevated Diabetes Risk After Infection? Unvaccinated had a 78% higher risk for new-onset diabetes; no link seen among the vaccinated Feb 14, 2023
What Happened to the Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19? Losing focus on monoclonals means neglecting those who need them most: the immunocompromised Feb 13, 2023 video
COVID Vaccines Added to 2023 Child, Adult Immunization Schedules Other notable changes include new guidance on polio, MMR, hepatitis B, and pneumococcal vaccines Feb 10, 2023
AUD Diagnoses After COVID Infection Higher at Certain Points in the Pandemic Social context of pandemic offers most plausible explanation, researchers say Feb 09, 2023
Dead Patient Sues America's Frontline Doctors Over HCQ; Pair Accused of Bilking Doc A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Feb 09, 2023
Interferon Injection Cuts COVID Hospitalization Risk in Vaxxed Population Effectiveness of pegylated interferon lambda held up against various strains, including Omicron Feb 08, 2023
Biden Pledges to Extend Medicare's Solvency for 'At Least Two Decades' Healthcare featured prominently in president's State of the Union address Feb 08, 2023
Lower Excess Mortality Seen for Physicians vs General Public During COVID Pandemic Understanding effects among physicians may be helpful for future epidemics, researchers say Feb 06, 2023
California's Medical Misinformation Law Facing Legal Challenges A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement for plaintiffs in two cases Feb 03, 2023
BCG Vaccine Flops for Preventing COVID, Other Respiratory Infections Also made no difference for more severe COVID outcomes Feb 03, 2023
Long COVID's 7 Symptoms; Most of U.S. Backs Tobacco Ban; Ugly People and Face Masks Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Feb 03, 2023
Bowden's Defamation Suit Against Houston Methodist Tossed Mary Talley Bowden, MD, a vocal opponent of COVID vaccines, sought $25 million in damages Feb 02, 2023