Latest Coronavirus News

• Why Do MDs Have Such a High Rate of Eating Disorders? Data suggested medical professionals may have eating disorders at twice the rate of the population — while few talk about it. Here's what to know.
  Medscape Medical News, January 04, 2024
• Long COVID Has Caused Thousands of US Deaths: New CDC Data Fresh estimates from the CDC show a growing death tally from long COVID —– with numbers expected to increase as diagnostic expertise improves.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2024
• JAMA IM Editor Recaps 2023's High-Impact Research Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH, editor in chief of JAMA Internal Medicine, discusses five of the journal's most impactful studies from 2023 and the take-home messages for internists and their colleagues.
  MDedge News, January 03, 2024
• Long COVID: New Info on Who Is Most Likely to Get It Fresh research and clinical anecdotes have given experts a much clearer picture of which patients are most likely to develop long COVID.
  Medscape Medical News, December 27, 2023
• CDC Says JN.1 Variant Accounts for 39%-50% Of COVID Cases in US The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that COVID subvariant JN.1 accounts for 39% to 50% of cases in the United States as of Dec. 23,...
  Reuters Health Information, December 22, 2023
• Monoclonal Antibodies: A New Treatment for Long COVID? A small study generated impressive results.
  Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2023
• Flavored E-cigs Still Sold to Minors, Despite Law Online sales of flavored e-cigarettes to minors appeared to continue, despite a California law.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
• New Research Aims to Unravel Both ME/CFS and Long COVID A 2-day research conference sponsored by the US National Institutes of Health highlighted research that points to mechanisms that suggest potentially "druggable" pathways.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
• When's Best to Re-dose Rituximab After Vasculitis Remission? A single-center study found that using B-cell levels to determine when to infuse rituximab reduced relapses in patients antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody vasculitis.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
• COVID Strain JN.1 Is Now a 'Variant of Interest,' WHO Says JN.1 was previously grouped with its relative, BA.2.86, but has increased so much in the past 4 weeks that the WHO moved it to standalone status.
  WebMD Health News, December 21, 2023
• Obesity Associated With More Severe MIS-C Outcomes Clinicians should consider obesity as a comorbid factor at the clinical presentation of children with MIS-C, according to researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• More Evidence Suggests That 'Long Flu' Is a Thing You may have never heard of it, but you may have had it. More evidence points to "long flu" being a real phenomenon.
  WebMD Health News, December 20, 2023
• Infection Main Cause of Nonrelapse Death With CAR T Therapy Infections, cardiopulmonary disease, and second cancers were among the leading causes of nonrelapse deaths in patients receiving CAR T-cell therapy, both in clinical trials and clinical practice.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2023
• Christmas: A Time for Love and... Penile Fractures Medical professionals on duty over Christmas should not just be expecting strokes, heart attacks, hip fractures, and intoxication.
  Medscape News UK, December 19, 2023
• COPD Exacerbations: BET With Prednisolone Noninferior to ST Results of a randomized trial suggest that blood eosinophil-directed prednisolone can be an option to reduce glucocorticoid use in COPD patients.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2023
• Long-COVID Risks Vary Widely by State, Region: New Study The analysis in PLOS ONE also found that people struggling with long COVID are more likely to report mental health or mobility problems, according to the analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
• Last of the HIV Vaccine Trials Fails, Scientists Regroup Vaccinations were stopped after it became clear they would not be effective. "We cannot and will not lose hope that the world will have an effective HIV vaccine," the International AIDS director said.
  Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
• Infections Down in Acute Care Hospitals Prevention strategies to reduce healthcare-associated infections are having an effect, according to a new report on national- and state-level incidence.
  Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
• Novo Owner Commits $265 Million Of Wegovy Windfall to Respiratory Diseases The Novo Nordisk Foundation, which controls drug maker Novo Nordisk, said on Monday it would commit up to 1.8 billion Danish crowns ($265 million) to setting up an...
  Reuters Health Information, December 18, 2023
• What if a Single GLP-1 Shot Could Last for Months? New hydrogel technology could reduce GLP-1 injections from daily or weekly to three times a year.
  Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2023
• New $1 Billion Plan for African Vaccine Manufacturing Up to $1 billion will be available to boost African vaccine manufacturing as part of a new scheme set up by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the global health organization said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
• How the New Outbreak in China Is Hitting Clinics Elsewhere A rise in respiratory illnesses in China, clusters of pneumonia in children, and resistance to common antibiotics have specialists on alert looking for changes locally.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
• COVID-19 Shrinks Life Expectancy in S. Korea Babies born in South Korea last year are expected to live 82.7 years, down from 83.6 years in 2021, the statistics agency said on Friday, after life expectancy fell in 2022 for the first time since 1970.
  Reuters Health Information, December 01, 2023
• Pediatric Firearm Injuries See a Significant Surge in Pandemic Did the alterations to daily life and economic stressors induced by the COVID-19 pandemic aggravate the already existing crisis of firearm injuries among US children and adolescents, a new study investigates.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
• COVID Vaccines Lower Risk of Serious Illness in Kids Two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduced hospitalizations and emergency department visits by 40%.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
• COVID Vaccines Likely Reversed Premature Birth Trend Researchers suggest this provides further evidence of benefit of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination before or during pregnancy.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
• TCT 2023 Transapical Valve Replacement Relieves Mitral Regurgitation Transapical mitral valve replacement by catheter eliminated mitral regurgitation and improved hemodynamics in a frail high-risk population, results of the SUMMIT trial show.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• AHA 2023 New PCSK9 Inhibitor Allows 3-Month Treatment Intervals "It's a new antibody that has a long half-life so each treatment can be prolonged."
  MDedge News, November 29, 2023
• New CDC Advisory Once Again Flags BA.2.86 COVID Variant An emerging variant of COVID-19 called BA.2.86 that caused alarm earlier this summer has landed on the CDC's radar again.
  WebMD Health News, November 29, 2023
• New Tests May Finally Diagnose Long COVID Researchers have pinpointed a potential common link to the varying symptoms of long COVID and specific testing could solve the mystery.
  Medscape Medical News, November 29, 2023
• WHO Authorizes Emergency Use of Novavax's Updated COVID Shot Novavax's updated vaccine has been granted emergency-use authorization by WHO for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 in individuals aged 12 and older, the company said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 28, 2023
• Global Measles Deaths Increased by 43% in 2022 The rise in measles outbreaks and deaths is not surprising, given the recent decline in vaccination rates, said an official of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  Medscape Medical News, November 28, 2023
• China Says No Unusual Pathogens Found in Respiratory Outbreaks Chinese health authorities have not detected any unusual or novel pathogens and provided the requested data on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, WHO has said.
  Reuters Health Information, November 23, 2023
• ACR 2023 Benralizumab Proves Noninferior to Mepolizumab for EGPA Treatment with benralizumab (Fasenra) achieved remission at 36 and 48 weeks at rates similar to those of mepolizumab (Nucala) in a head-to-head phase 3 trial of the two drugs.
  MDedge News, November 27, 2023
• How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Sleep Quality? Researchers presented data about the relationship between sleep and outcomes such as response to vaccination and recovery from COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2023
• Chest Pain With Long COVID Common but Undertreated A Mayo Clinic study found nearly 90% of patients with long COVID experience chest pain, but treatment for this condition is not yet standardized.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2023
• Why Don't Doctors Feel Like Heroes Anymore? The 'hero' title can be an inspiring way to honor medical work. But there is a growing belief that while superhuman effort is indeed heroic, superhuman expectations are a systemic problem.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023
• Safeguarding Physician Wellness: Preventing Disabilities Between 2% and 5% of physicians may become disabled. Take proactive measures to safeguard your well-being and prevent disabilities.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023
• Why Intense Exercise May Lead to a Cold Inactivity has emerged as a risk factor for respiratory infections but too much physical activity could also increase susceptibility.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023
• 'Staggering' Rise in Measles Cases Last Year: WHO, CDC There was a 'staggering' annual rise in measles cases and deaths in 2022, according to a new report from the World Health Organization and the CDC.
  Reuters Health Information, November 16, 2023