Category: Clinical Considerations
Study shows 43% to 58% lower prevalence of long COVID among vaccinated people
CIDRAP A new study based on 4,605 participants in the Michigan COVID-19 Recovery Surveillance Study shows that the prevalence of long COVID symptoms at 30 and 90 days post-infection was 43% to 58% lower among adults who were fully vaccinated before infection. The study appeared yesterday in the Annals of Epidemiology. The 30- and 90-day timeframes were meant […]
Feb 20, 2024
Risk for chronic fatigue soars among those who had COVID-19, study says
LA Times People who have had COVID-19 have a significantly higher risk of suffering chronic fatigue than those who haven’t had the disease, a new study published Wednesday shows. “Our data indicate that COVID-19 is associated with a significant increase in new fatigue diagnoses,” according to the study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Feb 20, 2024
Researchers Estimate Long Covid May Affect 5.8 Million Children. Are They Right?
Forbes Long Covid may affect 5.8 million children in the U.S., according to an article published on Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics. That’s a large number. It’s also a number that stands in contrast to other published estimates of pediatric long Covid. So, who’s right? Let’s begin by exploring how the authors of this article arrived […]
Feb 13, 2024
Insomnia common months after even mild COVID-19
CIDRAP According to the results of a new survey given to Vietnamese patients and published in Frontiers in Public Health yesterday, 76% people who reported mild COVID-19 infections in the previous 6 months said they now experience insomnia, with 22.8% of those respondents saying their insomnia is severe. The study was based on surveys given to 1,056 adults who […]
Feb 6, 2024
Babies Exposed to COVID in the Womb Are More Likely to Suffer Breathing Problems
Scientific American More than four years after the virus that causes COVID first appeared, scientists continue to discover new ways that the illness threatens pregnant people and babies—as well as additional evidence that vaccination offers significant protection. A new study finds that babies born to women who got COVID while they were pregnant were three times […]
Jan 30, 2024
Why Americans may be at risk of heart problems as COVID, flu spread: Expert
ABC News As a surge of respiratory viruses, including COVID-19 and influenza, continue to spread across the United States, experts are warning it could lead to a rise in cardiovascular complications. Weekly COVID hospitalizations are currently sitting at 32,861 for the week ending Jan. 13, lower than the week before but similar to levels seen in […]
Jan 23, 2024
Beyond breathing: How COVID-19 affects your heart, brain and other organs
AMA It’s easy to be complacent about COVID-19. Most people experience only mild issues – fever and coughing, maybe congestion and shortness of breath. But the coronavirus is capable of causing much more than a simple respiratory illness, affecting organs throughout the body, experts say. “We see people have symptoms from almost head to toe […]
Jan 16, 2024
Avoiding COVID was about more than just keeping 2 metres apart, study finds
Euronews A new Oxford University study found that the duration of an encounter with a person sick with COVID was as important as the distance kept from them. How likely is it to get COVID-19 after being exposed to someone infected? It’s been a question on many people’s minds during the pandemic, and one that a group […]
Jan 2, 2024
Post-COVID ‘heart failure pandemic’ possible: Japan researchers
Mainichi Japan After contracting COVID-19, patients may have higher risk of heart failure from persistent viral infection in their hearts, even without developing notable heart disease, according to study results announced by Japanese researchers on Dec. 23. The team including researchers from Riken, Japan’s largest scientific institute, pointed out the possibility of a “heart failure […]
Dec 26, 2023
The Real Story Behind ‘White Lung Pneumonia’
Scientific American Experts say a pneumonia outbreak among children in Ohio and a cluster of pneumonia cases in China are unrelated, despite some social media posts and tabloid articles that have ambiguously linked the two. The usual respiratory pathogens are making their rounds this cold and flu season, yet the specter of the pandemic has left many on alert […]
Dec 19, 2023