COVID-19 Updates
Opinion
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...
Conference Coverage
Research fails to justify post-COVID-19 wave of new-onset parkinsonism
While cases have been reported, current data do not yet justify the concept of a post–COVID-19 parkinsonism wave.
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Reminder that COVID-19 and cancer can be a deadly combo
“This analysis provides additional empirical evidence on the magnitude of risk to patients with cancer whose immune systems are often weakened...
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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.”
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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.
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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.
Opinion
The marked contrast in pandemic outcomes between Japan and the United States
Over time Japan has the least cumulative deaths per capita of any major country in the world.
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Headache for inpatients with COVID-19 may predict better survival
Headache arising secondary to COVID-19 infection may be a marker of enhanced likelihood of survival.