Posts published in “COVID-19”

Flu levels trended downward for the second straight week, as markers for COVID and RSV continue steady drops.

While these associations were seen across all age-groups, they were more pronounced among older people.

Multiple sclerosis was associated with a 7-times-greater rate of COVID-19 hospitalization and quadruple the risk of death.

The new version offers longer shelf-life advantages and paves the way for a flu-COVID combo vaccine.

Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-related hospitalization was 38% in the 2 months after receipt of one dose and 34% at 2 to 4 months.

Of those who had long COVID, 61% had been hospitalized after contracting the virus.

The results suggest that waning SARS-CoV-2 immunity levels over time can lead to reinfections and a new pandemic wave, the authors say.

The clinical secondary attack rate for asymptomatic COVID-positive children was more than 10%.

The most common reasons given for forgone care were fear of contracting COVID-19 and difficulty securing an appointment. 

Patients also had a significantly lower rate of early-stage cancer and a significantly higher rate of advanced tumors.