COVID-19 Updates
News
Breast milk of COVID-19–infected mothers helps build infant’s immune defenses
Children born to mothers infected with the COVID-19 virus were able to develop their own immune defenses via their mother’s breast milk.
News
COVID vaccines’ protection dropped sharply over 6 months: Study
“Although vaccination remains protective against SARS-CoV-2 infection, protection waned as the Delta variant emerged in the U.S.”
News
Severe COVID two times higher for cancer patients
News
New transmission information should motivate hospitals to reexamine aerosol procedures, researchers say
News
COVID-19 pill 'real game-changer' for preventing COVID death
The medication appears to work so well that Pfizer has stopped enrollment in the trial of the drug, which works by blocking a protease that the...
News
Patients went into the hospital for care. After testing positive there for COVID, some never came out.
They went into hospitals with heart attacks, kidney failure or in a psychiatric crisis. They left with COVID-19 — if they left at all.
News
COVID-19 has brought more complex, longer office visits
Patients’ increased mental health needs and worsened chronic conditions have practices playing catch-up and expanding teams to ease demand.
News
‘Residents’ Viewpoint’ revisited
Read about the experiences of a resident practicing family medicine today and a resident practicing family medicine nearly 4½ decades ago.
News
Ivermectin–COVID-19 study retracted; authors blame file mix-up
News
Feds launch COVID-19 worker vaccine mandates