Posts published in “COVID-19”

The FDA’s vaccine advisory group will discuss the make-up of 2024-25 vaccines at its meeting on May 16. 

Of those who had declined the vaccine, 22% said they were interested in receiving a dose in the emergency department.

Data from the WHO show that 81% of patients with severe COVID-19 received antibiotics, while an NIH study finds a 32% increase in resistant, hospital-acquired…

Amid further declines in COVID activity, the CDC reported a steady rise in JN.1 spinoffs that have 2 added spike mutations, part of a group…

Optimal dosing of the drug based on body weight is still unknown.

Adults with long COVID were about twice as likely to experience depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, cognitive problems, and disabling fatigue. 

The odds of the condition were increased among recipients of all 4 vaccines studied: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and J&J.

Participants with a history of COVID-19 were more likely to experience some degree of smell loss compared with those without a history.

Reasons cited for accepting the option of refusing treatment included unreasonable risk to physicians and their families and labor rights and worker protection.

Researchers also estimated that 230,134 cases were averted in kids aged 5 to 11 years, a 24% reduction.