Ivermectin: Still on a Losing Streak as COVID-19 Treatment ACTIV-6 trial shows no time-to-recovery benefit with anti-parasitic in mild-to-moderate disease Oct 22, 2022
Pulmonary Rehab May Benefit Some Patients After Severe COVID Small study from India suggests improvements, but larger, longer follow-up studies are needed Oct 20, 2022
Older, Sicker Patients Benefit From ECMO Bridge to Lung Transplant CHEST session also examined other hot topics in lung transplant Oct 20, 2022
Boston University Refutes Claims It Created Deadly New COVID Strain Media reports misrepresent animal study and misconstrue its findings, expert says Oct 18, 2022
Vaccination Tied to Shorter COVID Illness, Less Viral Shedding Study in health workers also affirms milder infections with vaccination during Delta and Omicron Oct 18, 2022
Radiographic Lung Changes Common With Pulmonary Long COVID Symptoms But significant declines in pulmonary, physical function not evident in interim analyses Oct 17, 2022
More Harm Reduction, Less Abstinence-Only in COVID Messaging, Experts Say "We know that abstinence-only doesn't work in any situation" Oct 12, 2022
Long COVID Persists in People With Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection At 1 year, 15% of long COVID patients had ongoing cognitive or respiratory problems or fatigue Oct 10, 2022
Even Intubated COVID Patients Potentially See Vaccine Benefits Better survival for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome when fully vaccinated Oct 07, 2022
Pandemic Led to Surgical Delays in Gynecologic Cancers, and Worse Outcomes One in five patients experienced changes in their care plan Oct 04, 2022
Just How Bad Was Pandemic Strain on Emergency Wait Times? The Numbers Are In Analysis shows impact on ED boarding times, patients abandoning the wait for care Oct 03, 2022
The Benefits of Weightlifting; Neurologic Long COVID Also in TTHealthWatch: a bionic pancreas for type 1 diabetes and syphilis screening guidelines Oct 01, 2022 podcast
Can Nasal Vaccines Change the Course of the Pandemic? Blocking transmission is a noble goal, but there's not yet evidence mucosal vaccines can do that Sep 29, 2022
Healthcare Workers Unhappy With New CDC Mask Guidance Some hospital leaders say they'll continue to follow state recommendations for universal masking Sep 28, 2022
Mass Hospital Layoffs; Pfizer CEO Has COVID Again; 'Blood on Your Hands' Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 26, 2022
Does Healthcare Produce Health? Adapted from Inequality Kills Us All: COVID-19's Health Lessons for the World Sep 25, 2022
Fauci: COVID Lives On; Doc's Burnout Broke Her Heart; Don't Cook Chicken in NyQuil Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 20, 2022
Long COVID, ME/CFS Patients Protest in Front of White House Protesters expressed frustration that President Biden declared the pandemic over on "60 Minutes" Sep 19, 2022
Closing Colorectal Cancer Screening Gaps With FIT Initiative VA hospital meets goal of increasing monthly screenings to address backlog from pandemic Sep 19, 2022
Radiation Oncology Residents Report Deficits in Training During the Pandemic About half worry about job prospects Sep 19, 2022
CDC: No Excess Pediatric Brain Infections During the Pandemic Streptococcal brain abscesses, other complications have remained within historical limits Sep 16, 2022
Should I Time My COVID Booster? Waiting is okay for most, but certain groups should get their shots right away Sep 14, 2022
Are Doctors Getting Their COVID Boosters? asked a dozen doctors about their plans for the latest bivalent shots Sep 12, 2022
Vitamin D Levels, Supplements Not Linked to COVID Infection Risk High or low levels made no difference among healthy people Sep 12, 2022
Health System Warns Exemptions to COVID Vaccines May Expire With New Options Holdouts who used religious exemptions to avoid vaccination can get Novavax now Sep 09, 2022
Self-Measured BP Struggles to Get Off the Ground During the Pandemic Lessons learned from the implementation of BP telemonitoring Sep 08, 2022
DPP-1 Blocker a Bust in Severe COVID Deaths in hospitalized patients significantly higher with oral brensocatib, trial finds Sep 08, 2022
Medical Meetings and COVID: Is Virtual Just as Risky as In-Person? At a masked meeting during Omicron, the odds of catching virus were similar in either scenario Sep 07, 2022
How to Save 5 Minutes in Evaluating Patients Post-COVID Some "simple" tests are simpler than others Sep 06, 2022
Low Testosterone Linked to Hospitalization for COVID Future studies should look into testosterone therapy as a prevention strategy, study author says Sep 02, 2022
Infant Head Trauma Surged in Paris During Pandemic Researchers hypothesize isolation and financial stress had cumulative effect on parents Aug 31, 2022
Full-Dose Anticoagulation Cuts VTE in Severe COVID-19 But is it worthwhile without a mortality benefit? Trials present complex picture Aug 31, 2022
Bill Aimed at Disciplining Docs for COVID Misinfo Approved by California Legislature If the bill is signed into law, the state would be the first to take such an action Aug 30, 2022
Can Paxlovid, Molnupiravir Benefit Hospitalized COVID Patients Too? Antivirals were associated with lower all-cause mortality and illness severity during BA.2 Aug 26, 2022
Far Fewer Deaths During Omicron for Seniors Treated With Paxlovid Little apparent effect observed in patients ages 40 to 64, however Aug 24, 2022
COVID Finally Got Us in New Zealand A look at parenting and pathology as the pandemic drags on Aug 22, 2022
And Now, Time for Round Two of COVID Yes, I've got it again! But is it possible that COVID will someday be part of normal life? Aug 22, 2022
Our Nation's Essential Hospitals Are Severely Under-Resourced More clearly defining these safety net providers can enable targeted support Aug 16, 2022
