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Nations Fail to Agree on Treaty on Preventing Next Pandemic
TUESDAY, May 24, 2024 – Following two years of tough negotiations, efforts to craft a global treaty to help countries fight future pandemics have failed, the World Health Organization has...
Global Life Expectancy, Disease Burden Set to Keep Improving
WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 – Life expectancy and age-standardized disease burden are expected to continue improving between 2022 and 2050, according to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study,...
Mortality Higher for COVID-19 Hospitalization Than for Flu in 2023/2024 Season
WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2024 – In fall/winter 2023/2024, the risk for death in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 was greater than the risk for death in patients hospitalized for seasonal influenza,...
Repeat COVID Vaccination Could Shield Against Wide Range of Viruses
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – Powerful COVID vaccines could be setting people’s immune systems up to successfully fight off not just future COVID variants, but other types of coronaviruses as well, a new s...
Long COVID Definitions, Care Models Are Evolving
MONDAY, May 20, 2024 – Definitions of long COVID and care models are evolving, but considerable variability is seen in these models, according to a review published online May 21 in the Annals of...
FDA Medwatch Alert: FDA Safety Communication: Do Not Use Cue Health’s COVID-19 Tests Due to Risk of False Results
May 13, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning home test users, caregivers, and health care providers not to use Cue Health’s COVID-19 Tests for Home and Over-the-Counter (...
Cancer & COVID Drove Him to Double-Lung Transplant
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – Chicago resident Arthur “Art” Gillespie fell ill in early March 2020 with COVID, after he and his father went to visit an uncle in a nursing facility. “I was hospitalized for 1...
Some Children Prescribed Nonrecommended Meds for COVID-19
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – Despite national guidelines, a small proportion of children were prescribed ineffective and potentially harmful medications for acute COVID-19, according to a study published...
There's a New Set of COVID Variants Called FLiRT: What You Need to Know
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 – The virus behind COVID has mutated again, this time producing variants nicknamed FLiRT, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported. The variants...
Scientists Developing Vaccine Against Present and Future COVID Viruses
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Scientists are busy working on a vaccine that might fight strains of the COVID virus SARS-CoV-2 that haven't even emerged yet. The effort from a British team at the University...
Long-Term Smell, but Not Taste, Deficits Seen After COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – Olfactory dysfunction, especially for smell, is more common in individuals with prior COVID-19 versus individuals with no history of infection, with deficits varying by...
Following Drop After COVID-19 Onset, Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Is Up
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – There was an initial decrease in inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions following onset of COVID-19, followed by an increase, according to a study published online April 22...
Two-Thirds of Survivors of the Most Severe COVID-19 Face Impairment at One Year
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 – Nearly two-thirds of survivors of severe COVID-19 discharged to long-term acute care hospitals have persistent impairments at one year, according to a study published online...
SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Does Not Increase New-Onset Seizure Risk
TUESDAY, April 30, 2024 – There is no risk for new-onset seizure incidence for individuals receiving a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine versus placebo, according...
Climate Change Could Be Good News for Viruses Like COVID
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – Climate change – and closed windows – could be aiding the spread of airborne viruses like the one that causes COVID-19, a new study suggests. Increased levels of carbon...
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