COVID-19 Updates
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Updated Moderna booster shows greater activity against COVID in adults
Additionally, no new safety concerns emerged.
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More data suggest preexisting statin use improves COVID outcomes
The researchers saw lower mortality and clinical severity among statin users.
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COVID lawsuits have arrived: Which doctors are at risk?
One factor may be that physicians were doing the best they could at the time but that the pandemic affected the extent of care they could provide...
From the Journals
Ten-day methotrexate pause after COVID vaccine booster enhances immunity against Omicron variant
Researchers in Germany report a 10-day post-vaccination hold on methotrexate boosts immunity against Omicron without compromising safety or risk...
Commentary
Why the 5-day isolation period for COVID makes no sense
More than half of those positive on day 7 tested positive on day 8, and more than half of those tested positive again on day 9.
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Vaccine adherence hinges on improving science communication
Regardless of novel scientific solutions to COVID, poor communication led to a resistance to accept the tested scientific solution, which...
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New COVID variant gaining traction in U.S.
Concerning features of the BQ.1 variant include mutations that could potentially escape vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.
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You and the skeptical patient: Who’s the doctor here?
“I spoke to him on many occasions about the dangers of COVID, but he just didn’t believe me.”
From the Journals
New deep dive into Paxlovid interactions with CVD meds
The review tackles potential drug-drug interactions with the antiviral drug and today’s most commonly prescribed cardiovascular drugs.
From the Journals
Vaccination tied to lower mortality in ventilated patients with COVID-19
Oxygenation was higher in the full vaccination group than in the control group on the third day after intubation.
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Cleaning indoor air ‘next frontier’ for COVID, public health
“We need something akin to the Clean Air Act for indoor air quality,” said Dr. Richard Corsi.