Posts published in “COVID-19”

The most common diagnosis was depression, a history of which was a risk factor for mental illness after COVID-19 infection. 

US health officials are eying ways to reduce the spread of the virus over colder months and the holiday season.

The agency approved of the single-strain mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for people aged 12 and older and granted emergency use authorization for those aged 6 months…

Absenteeism rates were 10.6 percentage points higher among students learning from home in districts in the top quintile of poverty than those receiving face-to-face instruction.

Its benefits in reducing symptoms or severity are unclear, the authors say.

The team found a modest but statistically significant higher relative risk of having a gestational diabetes in those who had COVID during pregnancy.

The index is a step toward a tool that could someday be used to identify long COVID in children but is not ready for clinical…

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers used the technique to characterize the bacterial pathogen population at an Italian hospital during the early months of the COVID-19…

A second study found good protection against hospitalization–although uneven uptake–among pregnant women.

Seven percent of participants missed more than 10 days of work in the 3 months following SARS-CoV-2 infection.