At 5 Massachusetts hospitals, prolonged antibiotic use was common during the first 33 months of the pandemic, despite low rates of proven bacterial infection.
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Ensuring the availability of linguistically appropriate information about vaccine recommendations and safety may help address the disparities, the authors say.
But a subsequent dose-finding study found that higher doses of the drug were tied to numerically greater symptom relief.
There was a 17% higher risk of extrasystoles, or extra heart beats, after dose one.
Results suggest that 54 million US COVID-19 infections were missed in official records after home tests were widely deployed and institutional testing waned.
In one study, over half of long-COVID patients also were diagnosed as having myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.
Wastewater levels for COVID-19 remain high but are low for RSV and influenza.
Prevention should focus on COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, the authors say.
Among adults for whom RSV vaccines are recommended, 21% say they will definitely get vaccinated this upcoming season.
The findings of the first study suggest that the antivirals are unlikely to contribute to viral rebound and to spread in the community under current…