COVID-19 Updates
Conference Coverage
No short-term death risk in elderly after COVID-19 vaccines
Early reports of deaths shortly after mRNA-based vaccination of very frail elderly patients in Norway prompted a nationwide safety study.
Conference Coverage
Omega-3s tame inflammation in elderly COVID-19 patients
Those who received an intravenous infusion had significant decreases from baseline to end of treatment in the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.
Conference Coverage
Pandemic data challenges infection link to Guillain-Barré syndrome
Pediatric infectious cases plummeted during the early months of COVID-19, but AIDP had a gentler dip.
News
Children and COVID-19: U.S. adds latest million cases in record time
Six million children make for a dubious milestone as new cases, ED visits, and vaccinations continue to drop.
News from the FDA/CDC
Anxiety, depression symptoms rose and fell with new COVID cases
Despite decreasing this spring, symptom frequency remained elevated over estimates from 2019.
Opinion
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on respiratory infectious diseases in primary care practice
Public health measures to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 included a concurrent reduction in risk for children to acquire and spread respiratory...
News
New reports help nail down myocarditis risk with COVID-19 vaccine
Myocarditis linked to the two mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines is rare, usually mild and self-limited, and a lot less likely than the usually more severe...
News
Merck seeks FDA authorization for antiviral COVID-19 pill
If the FDA grants authorization, the drug would be the first oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19.
News
HEPA filters may clean SARS-CoV-2 from the air: Study
"Airborne SARS-CoV-2 was detected in the ward on all five days before activation of air/UV filtration, but on none of the five days when the air/...
News
Depression rates up threefold since start of COVID-19
Clinicians, public health officials and policy makers need to be aware of the impact COVID-19 has had on mental health, said Dr. Sandro Galea.