This is the first study to quantify the effect of chronic diseases on racial disparity in COVID-associated hospitalizations, the authors say.
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The 5-year grant was awarded to the Icahn School of Medicine.
Among survey respondents, 64% reported very good to excellent hospital support for their infection prevention and control programs, but 49% said they were burned out.
Of all patients, 11%, 22%, and 48% of those with mild, moderate, or severe/critical COVID-19, respectively, had impaired lung function.
Immunity from prior infections is stronger at limiting contagiousness, but fades quickly, compared to immunity from vaccines, which was longer-lasting.
Though the biggest impacts are among oldest and youngest people, the data show disease burden across all age groups.
So far, lab studies suggest the updated vaccines are well positioned against the latest emerging variants, including BA.2.86.
COVID-19 brought a glut of scientific literature, especially through preprint servers such as medRxiv and bioRxiv.
The findings came from the European Primary Oral Insulin Trial.
A total of 80% of the most intelligent people were vaccinated within 40 days of vaccine availability, compared with 180 days for those with the…