COVID-19 Updates
From the Journals
‘Profound implications’: COVID ups diabetes risk 40% a year later
‘All these roads are pointing in one direction, that COVID-19 increases the risk of diabetes up to a year later. If patients have a prior history...
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: CDC gives perspective on hospitalizations
New cases continue to fall toward the pre-Delta lows seen last summer.
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Mild COVID-19 infection linked to later type 2 diabetes
Results point to the need to monitor blood glucose following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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COVID-19 doesn’t spike A1c levels
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U.S. health officials tracking COVID-19 increase in U.K.
“Over the last year or so, what happens in the U.K. usually happens here a few weeks later.”
From the Journals
‘Vast majority’ of COVID patients wake up after mechanical ventilation
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COVID surge in Western Europe puts U.S. health experts on alert
“It’s like a weather alert. Right now, the skies are sunny and bright, and we hope they stay that way.”
Guidelines
New ACC guidance on cardiovascular consequences of COVID-19
A new consensus document makes recommendations on how to evaluate and manage COVID-associated myocarditis and long COVID; it also gives advice on...
Feature
Children and COVID: Decline in new cases reaches 7th week
Study shows that the COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the Omicron variant.
From the Journals
Air trapping common in patients with long COVID
The reported findings “indicate a long-term impact on bronchiolar obstruction,” states Brett M. Elicker, MD.
From the Journals
‘Overwhelming’ need to study COVID vaccine–associated tinnitus