Breaking Down the Latest on Long COVID Research
(MedPage Today) -- In this Instagram Live clip, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, and Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, chief of the Research and Education Service at the VA St. Louis Health Care System in Missouri, discuss the latest long COVID... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 19, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Newborns Better Protected With 3 Doses of Maternal COVID Vaccine
(MedPage Today) -- For pregnant people, three doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine resulted in 10-fold higher antibody levels in umbilical cord samples of preterm and full-term deliveries compared with only two doses, a prospective cohort study showed... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 19, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Blood Protein Changes May Unravel Long COVID Mysteries
(MedPage Today) -- Long COVID was identified in blood proteins, an analysis of longitudinal data suggested.
Blood samples from long COVID patients showed changes to blood serum proteins at 6 months that indicated activation of the immune system... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 19, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Novel Antiviral Shortens COVID Illness in Outpatients, Reduces Viral Load
(MedPage Today) -- With oral simnotrelvir/ritonavir treatment in a vaccinated population, COVID-19 symptoms went away about 1.5 days earlier and SARS-CoV-2 viral loads fell, a Chinese placebo-controlled phase II/III trial found.
In patients with... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
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IG Live January 17: From Long COVID Symptoms to Solutions
(MedPage Today) -- While the exact causes of long COVID are not fully understood, ongoing research aims to better understand the underlying mechanisms and to develop effective treatments for those experiencing prolonged symptoms after a COVID-19... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 16, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Neurologic Risk Slight After COVID Vaccines, Extensive Review Shows
(MedPage Today) -- Risk associated with SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) -- or possibly with Bell's palsy -- is slight and shouldn't change vaccine recommendations, reviewers concluded.
An analysis of 69 papers... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 16, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Linezolid 'Not Recommended' to Treat Early Syphilis
(MedPage Today) -- Linezolid failed to meet noninferiority criteria when compared with standard benzathine penicillin G (BPG) in the treatment of early syphilis, according to findings of the randomized, controlled Trep-AB Study of cisgender men... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 12, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Board Restricts Doctor's License Over COVID Misinfo
(MedPage Today) -- The Medical Commission in Washington state has restricted the license of Idaho pathologist Ryan Cole, MD.
In an order dated January 4, the commission concluded that Cole spread misinformation related to COVID-19 and failed to... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 11, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Despite Disinfection, Bugs Thrive on High-Touch Hospital Surfaces
(MedPage Today) -- A wide variety of commonplace and unusual pathogenic bacteria were found on hospital surfaces in one Texas hospital, despite compliance with recommended disinfection protocols, a study found.
Researchers identified 60 different... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 11, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Paxlovid May Not Be Associated With Lower Long COVID Risk, Survey Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) did not reduce the odds of developing long COVID in vaccinated, non-hospitalized adults, survey data showed.
About 16% of those treated with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir during acute infection with... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 5, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Neurologic Disabilities Linked to Long COVID Risks
(MedPage Today) -- Some long COVID symptoms were more likely for persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), traumatic brain injury (TBI), or spinal cord injury (SCI), a retrospective cohort study found.
After having COVID-19, such patients with preexisting... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 5, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
More Hospital Mask Mandates; Ear Wax Cleaning Cameras; Twins Born in Different Years
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A rising number of flu, COVID, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases has led all 11 New York City hospitals to resume mask mandates. (abc7NY)
Hospitals in... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 4, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Inpatient COVID-19 Costs Substantially Outpaced Medical Inflation
(MedPage Today) -- Hospital costs of inpatient COVID-19 treatment increased by more than five times the overall rate of medical inflation over a 2-year period, a large cross-sectional study found.
The adjusted cost of caring for hospitalized patients... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 4, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Fauci Faces Questions; Benefits of 'Dry January'; Resort Linked With Legionnaires
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The Republican chair of a House subcommittee investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic warned that former White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci, MD... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 3, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Hospitals Often Failed to Switch From IV to Oral Antibiotics in Eligible Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Fewer than half of hospitalized patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections transitioned from intravenous to oral antibiotics by day 7, a retrospective cohort study showed.
In the cohort of over 4,500 patients, just 43... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 2, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
