October 1, 2024
(Los Angeles Times) – Children, teens and young adults in Southern California had been grappling with rising rates of depression and anxiety for years before the pandemic. Then COVID-19 came along and made their mental health struggles even worse. Among … Read More
September 25, 2024
(NPR) – COVID killed more than 3,600 U.S. health care workers in the first year of the pandemic. It left many more with physical and mental illnesses — and a gutting sense of abandonment. What workers experienced has been detailed … Read More
September 19, 2024
(NPR) – Researchers had found genetic evidence that raccoon dogs, an exotic species known to be susceptible to the virus, were among the animals for sale at the wet market in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak was first identified. Now … Read More
September 16, 2024
(Associated Press) – A woman in Austria was found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 in 2021, her second pandemic-related conviction in a year, according to local media. A judge sentenced the 54-year-old on Thursday to four months’ … Read More
September 13, 2024
(NBC News) – In updated guidance for health care providersreleased Thursday, the Florida Health Department and state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo questioned the safety and effectiveness of the mRNA Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, including for older adults and … Read More
September 11, 2024
(CBS News) – The latest strategy builds on previous ones and includes a federal action plan calling for implementation of 200 measures over the next three years, including prioritizing populations disproportionately affected by suicide, such as Black youth and Native … Read More
September 10, 2024
(Axios) – About one in five U.S. COVID deaths during the Delta wave were because of overwhelmed hospital capacity, an analysis of data from 620 facilities showed. Why it matters: The findings in Annals of Internal Medicine reinforce the need … Read More
September 10, 2024
(The Southern Maryland Chronicle via MSN) – The United States Postal Service (USPS) has unveiled plans to honor the nation’s health care workers with a commemorative Forever stamp, a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This … Read More
September 10, 2024
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 6, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 9, 2024
(New York Times) – Neuroimaging found girls experienced cortical thinning far faster than boys did during the first year of Covid lockdowns. A study of adolescent brain development that tested children before and after coronavirus pandemic lockdowns in the United … Read More
September 9, 2024
(Axios) – Giving birth became measurably riskier during the pandemic, as factors causing complications — from obesity and diabetes to mental health issues — rose 20% between 2020 and 2023, according to a FAIR Health analysis shared first with Axios. … Read More
September 2, 2024
(Undark) – Government agencies are struggling to monitor and respond to bird flu, mirroring the early months of the Covid pandemic. Despite having a pandemic playbook in early 2020, the U.S. appeared flat-footed in its response to Covid-19, including inadequate … Read More
August 30, 2024
(New York Times) – People taking Wegovy were not protected from infection. But in a large trial, their death rates were markedly lower, for reasons that are not clear. Wegovy, the popular obesity drug, may have yet another surprising benefit. … Read More
August 29, 2024
(Axios) – Growing numbers of Americans are buying into misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new national survey, with more than one in five believing it’s safer to get the virus than to get a shot. Why it matters: … Read More
August 27, 2024
(New York Times) – For many, Covid is increasingly regarded like the common cold. A scratchy throat and canceled plans bring a bewildering new critique from friends: You shouldn’t have tested. Epidemiologists said in interviews that they do not endorse … Read More
August 26, 2024
(The Hill) – Health experts are urging school staff and families to take active steps to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 amid rising infections as school districts stick to their previous plans to combat the virus similarly to how they … Read More
August 26, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Among Covid’s superlatives is the blow it dealt to people’s career plans en masse. Never before have so many Americans redrawn their relationships with work as a result of one public-health crisis. More than four years … Read More
August 23, 2024
(New York Times) – After a yearslong lull thanks to Covid-19 precautions like isolation and distancing, whooping cough cases are now climbing back to levels seen before the pandemic, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Read More
August 22, 2024
(MedPage Today) – The FDA approved and granted emergency use authorization for updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna (Spikevax) and Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), the agency announced on Thursday. The new vaccines, authorized in adults and kids 6 months and up, … Read More
August 21, 2024
(Wired) – The latest Covid-19 surge reportedly has officials considering approval of the new strain-matched vaccine as soon as this week. With the US experiencing a relatively large summer wave of Covid-19, the Food and Drug Administration is considering signing … Read More
August 16, 2024
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (vol. 21, no. 2, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
August 14, 2024
(U.S. News & World Report) – In total, about 3.1 million U.S. residents died in 2023, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – roughly 189,000 fewer than in 2022. The age-adjusted rate of mortality … Read More
August 13, 2024
(Axios) – More than two dozen commonly available lab tests couldn’t help diagnose long COVID in a study of more than 10,000 adults, leaving doctors still having to rule out other health conditions to confirm whether someone has the condition. … Read More
August 9, 2024
(New York Times) – The condition has put significant strain on patients and society — at a global economic cost of about $1 trillion a year, a new report estimates. About 400 million people worldwide have been afflicted with long … Read More
August 8, 2024
(NPR) – As Bodansky and his colleagues report in the journal Nature, many children who developed MIS-C had an out-of-control immune response to COVID as a result of mistaken identity. Basically, these children’s immune systems locked onto a part of … Read More
