Studies Cast More Light on 'Long COVID' Prevalence, Presentation High rates of debilitating symptoms lasting months Mar 01, 2021
Juggling COVID Vax, MS Therapies Proves Challenging The issue: some multiple sclerosis drugs may attenuate antibody responses to vaccination Mar 01, 2021
Op-Ed: Stop Ignoring Our Parallel Pandemic Biden's COVID-19 task force must take action to prevent clinician burnout Mar 01, 2021
Worse COVID-19 Outcomes Tied to MS Disability, Age North American data echoes findings from around the world Feb 28, 2021
J&J COVID Vaccine Gets Green Light from FDA Panel No dissent on question of whether benefits outweigh risks Feb 26, 2021
PTSD Post-COVID; Caplyta Seeking New Indications News and commentary from the psychiatry world Feb 24, 2021
Fentanyl, Meth Use Shot Up When COVID Hit New report from drug testing company shows increases in positive tests for both substances Feb 24, 2021
Is Nursing Board Discipline Getting More Aggressive? Texas Board epitomizes national trend, with nurses seeing campaign of intimidation Feb 23, 2021
How Long Do COVID Olfactory Problems Last? Sense of smell can be altered for 5 months or longer, Canadian study suggests Feb 22, 2021
Op-Ed: COVID Vax Misinformation May Be Our Worst Enemy Biden needs to stop the spread of more than just the virus Feb 22, 2021
CDC: Teachers Get, Transmit COVID at School CDC finds most COVID-19 clusters involved at least one teacher Feb 22, 2021
Why Haven's Encounter With Reality Proved Fatal Ex-CEO Gawande explains what went wrong for "model" healthcare venture Feb 19, 2021
Can the Same Vaccines Protect Against New COVID Strains? Questions about long-term efficacy become more insistent Feb 17, 2021 podcast
The Math Doesn't Add Up for COVID-19 Vaccine Access New York state's rollout is adding headaches for providers Feb 16, 2021
Sleep-Dementia Link; Neanderthal Mini-Brains; MS Tx and COVID Vax News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Feb 16, 2021
COVID Vaccine for Migraine Patients? Headache, vaccine experts field questions from Twitter Feb 12, 2021
Is Asthma Tx a Breath of Fresh Air for Early COVID-19 Patients? Markedly reduced hospitalizations with inhaled steroid in small, open-label trial Feb 09, 2021
Big Brother Intervention No Fix for Hospital Hand Hygiene Practices Device that counted each drop of hand sanitizer used was of little help Feb 08, 2021
Anti-CD20 Drugs Tied to Severe COVID in Cancer Patients Plus: Active chemo treatment may not be a COVID risk factor Feb 05, 2021
COVID-19 Risk Not Equal for All Critical Care Staff Antibody study in British hospital reveals exposure varied by role Feb 04, 2021
HCP Busted for Selling Fake Stem Cell Therapy Assistant physician and Missouri state legislator indicted for wire fraud, other crimes Feb 04, 2021
Anti-COVID Mouthwash: Spit, Don't Swallow? Some reduction in viral load in infected patients, pilot study finds Feb 04, 2021
Burnout Among ICU Docs Skyrocketed During COVID-19 Small Dutch survey finds link to unsafe work environment, scarcity of resources Feb 03, 2021
'Frustrating' Ordeal for Community Doc Seeking COVID Shot Nearest available this week: 413 miles away, at an airport Feb 02, 2021
Preterm Births Flag Neighborhood Vulnerability to COVID-19 Obstetric outcome is a "vital statistic" to evaluate community healthcare access, researcher says Feb 01, 2021
What Does Survival Look Like After ECMO for COVID-19? Small registry highlights need to analyze survivors' longitudinal functional status Jan 31, 2021
Some of Last Year's Deferred Cardiac Surgeries Likely Still in Backlog Report describes effect of COVID on surgical case volumes, outcomes Jan 31, 2021
Will Recovering COVID-19 Patients Soon Be Walking Around on ECMO? This year's winner of the STS "Shark Tank" session Jan 30, 2021
80% of COVID-19 Patients May Have Lingering Symptoms, Signs More than 50 effects persisted after acute infection, meta-analysis shows Jan 30, 2021
COVID Affects Cancer Care, Patients' Mental Health Studies: fewer diagnoses, more severe disease, worse outcomes, distressed patients Jan 29, 2021
How Much Protection Do Babies Get From Mom's COVID Antibodies? Study is first to investigate maternal neutralizing activity Jan 28, 2021
Op-Ed: Tribalism and Virtue Signaling in Post-COVID Vax Messaging No one is chasing a zero-risk life Jan 28, 2021
Officials Investigate Physician's Death After COVID Vaccination Onset of rare blood disorder should not be interpreted as causal, experts say Jan 27, 2021
Despite Controversial Leader, Charity's COVID Field Hospitals Prove Helpful Samaritan's Purse opens field hospitals in hard-hit areas as CEO Franklin Graham faces scrutiny Jan 27, 2021
Colchicine for Early COVID-19? Trial May Support Oral Therapy at Home But some find science-by-press-release troubling Jan 26, 2021
IBD and COVID: Kids Do Well International registry shows older age, comorbidities are risks; anti-TNF might protect Jan 25, 2021
Cancer and COVID; Booze and Cancer; 'Screech' Starts Chemo News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jan 21, 2021
Can Negative Results With BinaxNOW Test Be Trusted? Real-world data from Arizona cast doubt Jan 19, 2021
Op-Ed: Throw Away Your Mask After COVID Vaccination? Vinay Prasad says it's probably safe Jan 19, 2021
