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Why efforts to make better, more universal coronavirus vaccines are struggling
There’s a new call from the White House to develop vaccines that might protect against future SARS-CoV-2 mutants or even unknown coronaviruses. “The vaccines we have are terrific, but we can do better than terrific,” Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said at a vaccine summit yesterday that gathered researchers, companies, and government officials. “Ultimately, we need vaccines that can protect us no matter what Mother Nature throws at us.” But no specific funding request to Congress was revealed at the summit, or any concrete plans, so vaccine developers and the public shouldn’t expect...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - July 27, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

What to Know About the Latest Advances in Managing Severe Asthma
Graphs and charts don’t always tell the whole story. Numbers can be deceiving. But anyone who looks at U.S. trends in asthma mortality can see, without squinting, that things are moving in the right direction. A 2019 analysis in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found that from 1999 to 2015, asthma mortality fell by 43%. “The decrease in asthma-related mortality was consistent in both sexes and in all race groups, with the largest decrease in patients older than 65 years,” the authors concluded. Figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the...
Source: TIME: Health - June 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Disease freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Housing Conditions and Access to Care for Children with Asthma During COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disproportionately affected families of low socioeconomic status and may have exacerbated disparities in treatment of chronic health conditions such as asthma. We hypothesized that having public versus private insurance would correlate with differences in access to healthcare for children with asthma during the pandemic and aimed to understand indoor exposures during shelter-in-place orders.
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - February 1, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Kaoru Harada, Erin Thanik, Nicholas DeFelice, Jasmine Bhatia, Ray Lopez, Sergio Galvez, Moira Bixby, Elan Dayanov, Douglas Bush, Elizabeth Garland Source Type: research

Health Officials Track Safety as COVID-19 Vaccines Roll Out
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer As COVID-19 vaccinations roll out to more and more people, health authorities are keeping close watch for any unexpected side effects. On Tuesday, a health worker in Alaska suffered a severe allergic reaction after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. She is in the hospital for another night under observation while another worker, vaccinated Wednesday, has recovered. Doctors already knew to be on the lookout after Britain reported two similar cases last week. Related: Emergency Considerations in COVID-19 Vaccine Administration In the U.S., vaccine recipients are supposed ...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - December 17, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: AP News Coronavirus Source Type: news

M407 complications of coronavirus in a patient with cvid
29-year-old with common variable immunodeficiency, lymphangiomatosis, portal hypertension status post TIPS procedure was lost to follow up. He was off gamma globulin and prophylactic antibiotics for fourteen months prior to presentation secondary to insurance issues. Early February 2020 patient presented with abdominal distension and hemoptysis. He denied fever, shortness of breath or additional respiratory symptoms. Initial CT of chest showed basilar cavitary infiltrate. Coronavirus PCR testing was positive, presumed SARS-CoV2.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - November 1, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: D. Urschel, M. Cardenas-Morales, V. Hernandez-Trujillo Source Type: research

‘This Is Really Life or Death.’ For People With Disabilities, Coronavirus Is Making It Harder Than Ever to Receive Care
Jeiri Flores is normally a busy, upbeat 29-year-old. But amid the COVID-19 pandemic, her go-to thought has been dark. “If I get this,” she thinks, “I’m gonna die.” This is not an unfounded fear. Flores has cerebral palsy, uses a wheelchair and needs assistance with everyday tasks, including making food and getting dressed. Her disability means it’s tougher for her immune system to kick illnesses; she’s still recovering from a bout of pneumonia she had in January. So beating COVID-19 could easily mean a protracted battle and months in a hospital—a prospect that comes with a c...
Source: TIME: Health - April 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abigail Abrams Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

C.D.C. Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask
Widespread use of nonmedical masks could reduce community transmission. But recommending their broad use could also cause a run on the kind of masks that health care workers desperately need.
Source: NYT Health - March 31, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abby Goodnough and Knvul Sheikh Tags: Masks Protective Clothing and Gear Shortages Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Health Insurance and Managed Care United States Politics and Government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases F Source Type: news