Long COVID Neurologic Symptoms Vary Based on Severity of Initial Infection
(MedPage Today) -- Two groups of long COVID patients -- those hospitalized for acute COVID, and those with mild SARS-CoV-2 infection who weren't hospitalized -- had different neurologic manifestations, prospective data showed. Long COVID patients... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Functional Neurological Disorder Emerges After COVID Infection, Vaccines
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with functional neurologic disorder (FND) after SARS-CoV-2 infection had different symptoms than people with FND after COVID vaccines, retrospective data showed. Patients with post-COVID FND tended to be older, had... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 24, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Paxlovid May Lower Long COVID Risk, VA Study Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- Use of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) in older adults with risk factors for severe disease was associated with a roughly 25% lower risk of a post-COVID condition (PCC), a retrospective study of Veterans Affairs data showed... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 24, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

FDA Approves Long-Acting Antifungal for Treating Candida
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA gave the greenlight to the long-acting antifungal rezafungin (Rezzayo), the first new treatment option for candidemia and invasive candidiasis to gain approval in over a decade, Cidara Therapeutics and Melinta Therapeutics... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Senators Press Moderna's CEO to Drop COVID Vaccine Price
(MedPage Today) -- Democratic lawmakers and some Republicans pressed Moderna's CEO to lower the price of its COVID-19 vaccine (Spikevax) during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Wednesday. U.S... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news