July 25, 2024
(Axios) – Demand for flu shots is declining, particularly among some of the most medically vulnerable groups, raising concerns that the vaccines may be falling out of favor in a post-pandemic world. Why it matters: While uptake for flu shots … Read More
July 24, 2024
(Wired) – The latest dominant Covid variants have stronger infectiousness than their predecessors and the ability to evade vaccine-induced antibodies. The northern hemisphere is entering yet another Covid wave—while much of the world acts as if the pandemic were over, … Read More
July 18, 2024
(Axios) – President Biden tested positive for COVID on Wednesday while campaigning in Nevada and is experiencing mild symptoms, according to the White House. The big picture: Biden has been hitting the campaign trail hard with events in Las Vegas, … Read More
July 18, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Masks are creating controversy for businesses again, but this time for a different reason. Early in the pandemic, retailers faced backlash for mandating face coverings. Now some store owners are demanding customers drop their masks. Police … Read More
July 17, 2024
(New York Times) – A large new study provides some of the strongest evidence yet that vaccines reduce the risk of developing long Covid. Scientists looked at people in the United States infected during the first two years of the … Read More
July 17, 2024
(Axios) – The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t make adults more susceptible to common infections and illnesses like asthma, COPD, pneumonia or the flu, a review of more than 256 million patient records concludes. Why it matters: The findings add a new … Read More
July 17, 2024
(Axios) – Four years after health workers were forced to reuse masks and other supplies to get through the dark days of the pandemic, the idea of recycling personal protective equipment is going mainstream. Why it matters: It’s evidence of … Read More
July 15, 2024
(Axios) – COVID-19 cases are growing or likely growing in 45 states and territories, and more than half of the states have virus levels that are “very high” or “high” as a summertime wave expands, according to the Centers for … Read More
July 9, 2024
(New York Times) – Gastrointestinal issues are a common but often unrecognized sign of infection. Many of us associate Covid with respiratory issues. But some people who get sick with the virus never experience a sore throat, coughing or body … Read More
July 8, 2024
(Axios) – What they found: Sexually transmitted disease diagnoses overall rose roughly 5% among commercially insured patients from 2020 to 2023, according to an analysis of FAIR Health’s repository of 47 billion commercial health care claim records. Patients aged 65 … Read More
July 8, 2024
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (vol. 45, no. 3, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Ethical Prioritization of critical Care Resources during COVID-19: Perspectives from Italy and the United States” by Lucia Galvagni, Joseph A. Raho “Toward a … Read More
July 3, 2024
(Washington Post via MSN) – Coronavirus infections are likely growing in 44 states and territories as of June 25, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nationally, coronavirus activity in wastewater remains low but is increasing; it is … Read More
July 3, 2024
(Chattanooga Times Free Press) – A Tennessee jury has awarded a former research scientist at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee $687,000 in back pay and damages after she was fired in 2021 for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Following a … Read More
July 2, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Scientists suspect that one culprit behind your new illness might be the infection you got a couple of years ago. The link between new health problems and your past health history appears to be particularly prevalent … Read More
July 1, 2024
(Nature) – A single vaccine has been shown to protect people from both SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses — and with a higher effectiveness than vaccines that target one or the other, the pharmaceutical company Moderna has announced. Moderna, which is … Read More
June 28, 2024
(STAT News) – Alcohol sales per capita went up more from 2019 to 2021 than in any two-year period since 1969, according to estimates from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Deaths from excessive alcohol use are also … Read More
June 25, 2024
(Axios) – Youth mental health has begun to improve after major pandemic dips, new data shows. Why it matters: The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare students’ struggles as well as a fractured system to help them navigate recovery. Some of the recovery, though, trails pre-pandemic mental … Read More
June 25, 2024
(Associated Press) – The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The justices did not comment in letting stand rulings against the … Read More
June 24, 2024
(MedPage Today) – Cannabis use was significantly associated with a greater risk of severe outcomes following a COVID-19 infection, according to a retrospective study that spanned the first 2 years of the pandemic. Among more than 70,000 patients with a … Read More
June 24, 2024
(Washington Post via MSN) – State legislators and law enforcement are reinstating dormant laws that criminalize mask-wearing to penalize pro-Palestinian protesters who conceal their faces, raising concerns among covid-cautious Americans. (Read More)
June 18, 2024
(STAT News) – I have spent my career studying infectious diseases that fall under the heading of neglected tropical diseases. Now I have a neglected disease — long Covid — an incurable (for now and for me) disease. As a medical anthropologist working in global … Read More
June 17, 2024
(STAT News) – We studied many hypotheses about Covid-19 policy impacts, without fear or favor. To do this, we used major sources of global data, including the University of Oxford’s Covid-19 Government Response Tracker and the Johns Hopkins Covid-19 dashboard, on the use of … Read More
June 17, 2024
(Reuters) – At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus. The clandestine operation … Read More
June 14, 2024
(Today) – Dugal, who had just finished his surgery residency, went to a local hospital, where he learned he had a rare post-viral complication called Guillain-Barre syndrome. It can cause anything from muscle weakness to complete paralysis, and very few interventions … Read More
June 13, 2024
(Medical Xpress) – A new proposed definition for long COVID could help patients get the help they need, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says. Long COVID is a chronic condition that occurs after … Read More
