Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and CKD Face Poor COVID Outcomes Severity of kidney disease ups risk of ICU time, in-hospital mortality, and more May 15, 2022
Caution Urged With Paxlovid in Transplant Patients Small case series emphasizes the need to discontinue tacrolimus prior to starting therapy May 13, 2022
What Paxlovid Rebound Could Mean for Patients "This is not a failure of Paxlovid," argues Michael Mina, MD, PhD May 13, 2022 video
Can Alternative Approaches Help in Long COVID? The culture and tools of allopathic medicine alone may be insufficient for now May 12, 2022
COVID in Newborns Linked With Necrotizing Enterocolitis Risk Indonesian study of infants born to COVID-positive mothers also found associations with asphyxia May 12, 2022
Hospitals Face Tough Choices as Lockdown in China Disrupts IV Contrast Supply As shortage continues, clinicians are ensuring that the most serious patients are prioritized May 11, 2022
Moderna's COVID Vaccine Holds Up for Kids 6-11 Years Interim results get peer-reviewed journal treatment ahead of potential EUA May 11, 2022
How a COVID Misdiagnosis Revealed Deadly Aromatherapy Outbreak Case "highlights the importance of autopsy," medical examiner says May 11, 2022
Socially Vulnerable Patients Discharged Sooner After C-Section Disparities only exacerbated during the pandemic, retrospective study shows May 11, 2022
Doctor's Co. Faked COVID Test Results; Surgeon Sues Over Sexism; Hospital Price Hike This past week in healthcare investigations May 11, 2022
Most COVID Transmission Is Still Asymptomatic Some 60% of spread starts with those who have no symptoms, and that may be higher with Omicron May 10, 2022
Case Series Hints at Possible Paxlovid Role in Long COVID Two patients saw easing of symptoms following course of therapy, according to pre-print May 06, 2022
What Do We Know About Paxlovid Rebound? And how should clinicians handle relapses after a 5-day course? May 06, 2022
Atypical Antipsychotics Linked to Lower Odds of COVID Study looked at psychiatric inpatients during first pandemic wave May 06, 2022
Can Antivirals Help in the Treatment of Long COVID? I self-tested this hypothesis, but much more research is needed May 05, 2022
CDC: COVID Boosters Blunted Omicron's Effect on Nursing Homes Residents with a booster more protected than those with only a primary series May 05, 2022
COVID in the Donor Organ: What's the Risk? In small sample, donors gave infection to lung recipients, yet not to other organ recipients May 03, 2022
Post-COVID Myocardial Scarring in Young Healthy Man Case raises concerns about long-term consequences of undetected myocardial involvement May 02, 2022
Three Key Strategies to Improve Maternal Vaccination Rates We can do more to protect pregnant women and their children May 01, 2022
Our Lab Testing Capacity Is Getting Dangerously Low We need more medical laboratory scientists Apr 26, 2022
Over 50% of U.S. Population Has Contracted COVID-19, CDC Says But prior infection does not guarantee protection against reinfection, officials caution Apr 26, 2022
America's Frontline Doctors' Prescriber Stripped of All State Licenses Licenses for Kathleen Ann Cullen, MD, "delinquent" in Florida, "inactive" in North Carolina Apr 26, 2022
Biden Administration Beefs Up Access to COVID Antiviral Pills Secures 20 million courses of Paxlovid, plans to offer antiviral at up to 20,000 more pharmacies Apr 26, 2022
Experts Break Down What Could Help Improve Access to Paxlovid "A lot of it boils down to a lack of patient and provider familiarity with the medication" Apr 26, 2022
The Pandemic Was Not the Culprit in Dr. Lorna Breen's Suicide "Treatment without consequences" could have saved her life Apr 25, 2022
New Studies Offer Conflicting Takes on Prone Positioning in COVID One trial suggests at least an intubation benefit, while another finds no value and possible harm Apr 22, 2022
CDC Panel Wary of 'Booster Fatigue' in COVID Vaccination Planning "We need to be thinking about how to make a better vaccine," suggests one ACIP member Apr 20, 2022
Vision-Threatening Retinal Condition Linked to COVID-19 Rates of rare retinal vein occlusion jumped after infection, although overall numbers remain low Apr 14, 2022
Overall, Post-COVID Vax Myocarditis Rates Similar to Other Vaccines 75-year literature review finds incidence comparable to non-COVID vaccines Apr 11, 2022
COVID-Related AKI Chronically Hard on Kidneys More critically ill COVID patients developed CKD versus bacterial pneumonia patients Apr 08, 2022
COVID Origins and EcoHealth Alliance; Malone Didn't Invent mRNA Vaccines This past week in healthcare investigations Apr 06, 2022
White House Rolls Out National Plan to Fight Long COVID New initiative aims to better understand, prevent, detect, and treat the condition Apr 05, 2022
Persistent Brain Fog After Mild COVID Infection Tied to CSF Markers Immune activation, immunovascular markers elevated in people with long COVID cognitive changes Apr 04, 2022
HHS Claws Back $100 Million in Provider Pandemic Relief Money Providers who did not comply with agency's reporting requirements forced to pay back pandemic aid Apr 01, 2022
What Drives Post-COVID Cognitive Changes? New research hints at why COVID brain fog may persist Apr 01, 2022
Mix and Match mRNA Boosters? It May Be a Good Idea, Experts Say "You can diversify your immune response as much as possible to get maximal protective immunity" Mar 31, 2022
CDC Reports Warn of Teen 'Mental Health Crisis' During Pandemic In survey, over one-third of high school students reported poor mental health Mar 31, 2022
CDC's Border Restriction Changes; Biden Gets Boosted; Why Are People Unhinged? A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Mar 31, 2022
Largest Ivermectin Trial Fails to Show Benefit in COVID Outpatients Antiparasitic didn't result in lower incidence of hospital admission or prolonged ED stay Mar 30, 2022
