COVID-19 Updates
News
RV dysfunction slams survival in acute COVID, flu, pneumonia
The findings suggest that abnormal RV findings should be considered a mortality risk marker in patients with acute respiratory illness.
News
Methotrexate’s impact on COVID-19 vaccination: New insights made
New studies assess patients with various immune-mediated inflammatory diseases to determine the risks and benefits of pausing methotrexate after...
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Many people becoming reinfected as BA.5 dominates new COVID-19 cases
Prior infections and vaccines aren’t providing as much protection against the newly dominant BA.5 strain as they did against earlier variants.
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Some have heavier periods after COVID vaccine
Many women are reporting that they have had heavier bleeding during their periods in the months after they received their COVID shots. But...
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Cancer drug significantly cuts risk for COVID-19 death
The data are “pretty impressive and in a group of patients that we really have limited things to offer.”
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA grants emergency authorization for Novavax COVID vaccine
Clinical trials found the vaccine to be 90.4% effective in preventing mild, moderate or severe COVID-19.
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: Vaccination a harder sell in the summer
New cases down again after a 1-week increase; hospitalizations and ED visits continue to climb.
Commentary
BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants are more evasive of antibodies, but not of cellular immunity
Our immunity in the United States is growing and is both from vaccination and natural infection.
News
Obesity links to faster fading of COVID vaccine protection
The authors concluded that additional or more frequent booster doses are likely to be required to maintain protection among people with obesity...
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Long COVID-19 in children and adolescents: What do we know?
“The message we want to give is that long COVID-19 exists, it’s happening in children and adolescents, and patients need this recognition. And...