Posts published in “COVID-19”

People who had 2 COVID infections were more than twice as likely to report long COVID as those with 1 infection, and the risk rose…

If the third vaccine dose was administered 16 weeks or less before infection, healthcare providers had lower odds of reporting respiratory symptoms.

All children in the study were screened for autism between 16 and 30 months of age.

One of the most striking findings was that post-COVID deficits in hospitalized patients looked similar to 20 years of normal aging.

In 2023, nearly half of all US COVID hospitalizations were among those ages 75 and older. 

All patients were hospitalized when the Omicron variant was the most dominant strain in the United States.

Adding COVID-19–specific guidance to an established stewardship program helped cut antibiotic use by 29% after the first COVID surge.

The new findings come from the ongoing RECOVER trial and build on results seen in a 2023 trial.

A study suggesting that nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and molnupiravir don’t prevent severe COVID-19 outcomes or long COVID is also being called into question.

The model considered both at-risk patients and those who would benefit most from treatments.