The negative association of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic with the health of mother and child considering maternal childhood maltreatment - K öhler-Dauner F, Dalhof Gulde M, Hart L, Ziegenhain U, Fegert JM.
BACKGROUND: Social distancing strategies during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic have left families facing a variety of different constraints. Especially in this stressful time, children need a stable parental home to prevent developmental consequences. Additional ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Researchers are still untangling the risks of catching COVID over and over
In many ways, it feels like we tamed SARS-CoV-2 into submission. Yet this virus continues to circulate year-round, causing repeat infections, with few official measures still in place to curb its spread. Scientists warn the long-term toll on individuals' health remains somewhat uncertain. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - September 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
COVID-19 Virus Infects Coronary Vasculature COVID-19 Virus Infects Coronary Vasculature
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is found in coronary arteries of patients who died of COVID-19.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - September 29, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Differences Seen in Immune, Hormone Function for Those With Long COVID
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 -- Individuals with post-acute infection syndrome after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (long COVID [LC]) have differences in immune and hormone function compared with those without LC,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 29, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
COVID Triggered More Cases of Deadly Sepsis During Pandemic Than Thought
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 -- The life-threatening infection sepsis was more common than once thought among COVID-19 patients early in the pandemic.
Massachusetts researchers linked SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, to about 1 in 6 sepsis cases... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Study Finds SARS-CoV-2-Associated Sepsis Was More Common, Deadly Than Previously Thought
Using data from Mass General Brigham ’s electronic health records, Brigham researchers quantified the burden of SARS-CoV-2-associated sepsis early in the pandemic. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - September 29, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Effectiveness of Maternal mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy Against COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations in Infants Aged 6 Months During SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Predominance - 20 States, March 9, 2022-May 31, 2023
This report describes how young infants of people who received a COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant were less likely to be hospitalized or experience serious complications from COVID-19. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - September 28, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
SARS-CoV-2 infects coronary arteries, increases plaque inflammation
NIH-funded research sheds light on link between COVID-19 infection and increased risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 28, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
COVID Heart Injuries Traced Back to Infected Arterial Plaque, Inflammation
(MedPage Today) -- Scientists found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can directly infiltrate atherosclerotic plaques in coronary arteries and trigger an inflammatory response, providing one mechanism for how COVID-19 infection can lead to cardiovascular... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - September 28, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Does It Matter Which COVID-19 Booster Shot You Get?
Now that it’s fall, it’s time to get updated on your COVID-19 vaccines if you want to stay protected throughout the winter, when infectious diseases flourish. But does it matter which shot you get?
For now, there are only two options—both mRNA-based vaccines, made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is still reviewing data from Novavax, which makes a different type of vaccine based on recombinant viral proteins. Both Moderna’s and Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccines are approved for people 12 years and older, and have an emergency use authorization for childre...
Source: TIME: Health - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Transcriptomics-inferred dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 interactions with host epithelial cells | Science Signaling
The timing of transcriptional events in SARS-CoV-2 –infected cells reveals a host-targeted treatment. (Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment)
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - September 26, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
What a Doctor Is Seeing In COVID-19 Today
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have been on the rise since the beginning of July. Then came the identification of the heavily mutated and possibly highly-transmissible BA.2.86 variant by the global surveillance network. Such a variant has the potential to evade our vaccine- and infection-induced antibodies and cause a surge of seasonal hospitalizations. The recommendation by the FDA’s VRBPAC in June that the Fall updated vaccine be composed of an XBB-lineage of the Omicron variant appeared to be at risk. There was mounting concern we be faced with a similar situation from last year where the virus had already mutated ...
Source: TIME: Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael Daignault Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 freelance Source Type: news
Is It Flu, COVID-19, or RSV? How to Navigate the New World of At-Home Testing
Before COVID-19, figuring out whether a sore throat, fever, and runny nose were caused by a cold, flu, or strep wasn’t a top priority. You either powered through, knowing you’d be miserable for a few days but would probably feel better soon or you visited the doctor’s office, urgent care, or emergency room where you might get a test to figure out which virus or bacteria was behind your misery, and maybe a prescription to treat it. But even doctors often don’t order tests, preferring instead to make diagnoses based on symptoms.
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During the pandemic, how...
Source: TIME: Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Months after hospitalization for COVID-19, MRIs reveal multiorgan damage
This study found abnormal MRI results in 20% to 25% of both controls and hospitalized patients, suggesting
“a lot of these cardiac abnormalities that were seen in the COVID group must have been there beforehand.” Post–COVID-19 patients with lingering cardiac symptoms might have disorders like heartbeat irregularities that aren’t always visible with MRI, or dysfunction in other organs, he adds.
Although it can offer clues to an organ’s health, MRI is an imperfect measure of how a patient is faring after infection. Researchers found no connection between abnormal liver MRIs and symptoms such as gas...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 22, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
How Wastewater Testing Can Help Tackle America ’ s Opioid Crisis
Among the many lasting legacies of COVID-19 may be a newfound appreciation for the value of what we flush down the toilet and wash down the drain.
Wastewater can be a rich source of information about infectious diseases, like COVID-19, as well as flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), mpox and polio, since pathogens like viruses are shed in feces, urine and saliva, all of which is drained into sewage treatment plants. Sampling that water is a good way to screen for certain viruses, and, as more people bypass the medical system and labs in favor of testing themselves at home for things like COVID-19, health agencies lik...
Source: TIME: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
