Can Antivirals Help in the Treatment of Long COVID? I self-tested this hypothesis, but much more research is needed May 05, 2022
CDC: COVID Boosters Blunted Omicron's Effect on Nursing Homes Residents with a booster more protected than those with only a primary series May 05, 2022
COVID in the Donor Organ: What's the Risk? In small sample, donors gave infection to lung recipients, yet not to other organ recipients May 03, 2022
Post-COVID Myocardial Scarring in Young Healthy Man Case raises concerns about long-term consequences of undetected myocardial involvement May 02, 2022
Three Key Strategies to Improve Maternal Vaccination Rates We can do more to protect pregnant women and their children May 01, 2022
Our Lab Testing Capacity Is Getting Dangerously Low We need more medical laboratory scientists Apr 26, 2022
Over 50% of U.S. Population Has Contracted COVID-19, CDC Says But prior infection does not guarantee protection against reinfection, officials caution Apr 26, 2022
America's Frontline Doctors' Prescriber Stripped of All State Licenses Licenses for Kathleen Ann Cullen, MD, "delinquent" in Florida, "inactive" in North Carolina Apr 26, 2022
Biden Administration Beefs Up Access to COVID Antiviral Pills Secures 20 million courses of Paxlovid, plans to offer antiviral at up to 20,000 more pharmacies Apr 26, 2022
Experts Break Down What Could Help Improve Access to Paxlovid "A lot of it boils down to a lack of patient and provider familiarity with the medication" Apr 26, 2022
The Pandemic Was Not the Culprit in Dr. Lorna Breen's Suicide "Treatment without consequences" could have saved her life Apr 25, 2022
New Studies Offer Conflicting Takes on Prone Positioning in COVID One trial suggests at least an intubation benefit, while another finds no value and possible harm Apr 22, 2022
CDC Panel Wary of 'Booster Fatigue' in COVID Vaccination Planning "We need to be thinking about how to make a better vaccine," suggests one ACIP member Apr 20, 2022
Vision-Threatening Retinal Condition Linked to COVID-19 Rates of rare retinal vein occlusion jumped after infection, although overall numbers remain low Apr 14, 2022
Overall, Post-COVID Vax Myocarditis Rates Similar to Other Vaccines 75-year literature review finds incidence comparable to non-COVID vaccines Apr 11, 2022
COVID-Related AKI Chronically Hard on Kidneys More critically ill COVID patients developed CKD versus bacterial pneumonia patients Apr 08, 2022
COVID Origins and EcoHealth Alliance; Malone Didn't Invent mRNA Vaccines This past week in healthcare investigations Apr 06, 2022
White House Rolls Out National Plan to Fight Long COVID New initiative aims to better understand, prevent, detect, and treat the condition Apr 05, 2022
Persistent Brain Fog After Mild COVID Infection Tied to CSF Markers Immune activation, immunovascular markers elevated in people with long COVID cognitive changes Apr 04, 2022
HHS Claws Back $100 Million in Provider Pandemic Relief Money Providers who did not comply with agency's reporting requirements forced to pay back pandemic aid Apr 01, 2022
What Drives Post-COVID Cognitive Changes? New research hints at why COVID brain fog may persist Apr 01, 2022
Mix and Match mRNA Boosters? It May Be a Good Idea, Experts Say "You can diversify your immune response as much as possible to get maximal protective immunity" Mar 31, 2022
CDC Reports Warn of Teen 'Mental Health Crisis' During Pandemic In survey, over one-third of high school students reported poor mental health Mar 31, 2022
CDC's Border Restriction Changes; Biden Gets Boosted; Why Are People Unhinged? A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Mar 31, 2022
Largest Ivermectin Trial Fails to Show Benefit in COVID Outpatients Antiparasitic didn't result in lower incidence of hospital admission or prolonged ED stay Mar 30, 2022
Wisconsin Makes Threats Against Healthcare Workers a Felony Offenders could go to prison for 6 years, but is that enough to prevent harassment and violence? Mar 25, 2022
It's Not Over for Aspirin in Moderate COVID-19 Results more favorable for older people, those with comorbidities Mar 24, 2022
Blood Clots More Likely With COVID Versus Pneumonia More testing needed in COVID patients, researchers say Mar 24, 2022
Moderna's COVID Vax for Youngest Kids Hits Important Milestones Company plans to submit to FDA for emergency use authorization Mar 23, 2022
Antiplatelets Don't Get Critically Ill COVID Patients Off Ventilation Sooner REMAP-CAP trial weighs in on addition of aspirin, P2Y12 inhibitors Mar 22, 2022
COVID Vaccines Staved Off Severe Outcomes During Omicron Racial disparities in hospitalizations also highlighted in latest CDC studies Mar 18, 2022
I Ran Out of Compartments It's unsustainable to endlessly compartmentalize in the medical profession Mar 18, 2022
Awake Prone Positioning: Which COVID Patients Benefit? Meta-analysis supports maneuver to reduce need for intubation in these groups Mar 17, 2022
Meet the Primary Care Doc Who Wants the World to Go Back to Normal Lucy McBride, MD, has become a loud, controversial voice in the debate on COVID precautions Mar 15, 2022
Small Airways Disease Persists in Long COVID Patients Abnormalities in distal airways found months after infection, and even in those with mild cases Mar 15, 2022
Florida's Surgeon General Is Sending a Dangerous Message Pediatricians and leaders must reinforce that the COVID vaccine is safe and effective in kids Mar 15, 2022
Judge Halts Texas' Trans Investigations; Obama Has COVID; Child Deaths and Omicron A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Mar 14, 2022
COVID's Death Toll 3 Times Worse Than Official Counts In U.S. alone, excess deaths were 300,000 higher than those attributed to virus Mar 10, 2022
'Exceptional' ECMO Outcomes in COVID-19 Reflect Early Choices When not used for last-ditch salvage, high proportion survive and recover lung function Mar 10, 2022
