Most children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome related to COVID-19 infection show recovery of cardiac function by 3 months, but longer term follow-up is still needed, suggests a new retrospective longitudinal cohort study. While 80%-85% of children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome have cardiovascular involvement, “lack of knowledge about the short-term consequences […]
Cases of COVID-19 in England underwent a steep rise in the first half of December when the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 began to spread rapidly, according to a new preliminary analysis. However, large reductions in infection were seen in secondary school children and older adults between 23 November and 14 […]
Medical researchers say there is renewed promise in reducing COVID-19-related hospitalizations and deaths by increasing the use of convalescent plasma treatments early on in a coronavirus infection. And some medical experts are pushing the federal government to allow more patients to receive the treatment, as lab-based monoclonal treatments such as […]
Three meters are not enough to ensure protection. Even at that distance, it takes less than five minutes for an unvaccinated person standing in the breath of a person with COVID-19 to become infected with almost 100 percent certainty. That’s the bad news. The good news is that if both […]
Summary Background Following the start of COVID-19 vaccination in New York City (NYC), cases have declined over 10-fold from the outbreak peak in January 2020, despite the emergence of highly transmissible variants. We evaluated the impact of NYC’s vaccination campaign on saving lives as well as averting hospitalizations and cases. […]
Patients who survive a severe case of COVID-19 are more than twice as likely to die during the following year than those who have mild symptoms and those who haven’t been infected, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Medicine. The increased risk was greater for patients under […]
A large international study suggests that around 1 in every 100 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have brain complications. These include stroke, brain hemorrhage, and other potentially fatal conditions. Many of the patients had preexisting illnesses, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. Previous research has shown that some people who recover from […]
Widespread infection in white-tailed deer has created concern about the possibility of mutated versions of the virus spreading back to humans. What to know: A study of coronavirus infections among white-tailed deer in Iowa found that about 80% of deer sampled across the state between April 2020 and January 2021 […]
People who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 are not only less likely to die from the virus, but they’re also less likely to die from any cause in the months following vaccination, according to a new study. The study team, which included researchers from the CDC and health care groups […]
Researchers have identified groups of people most at risk of dying or experiencing severe disease from COVID-19 after receiving one or two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. The study, by the University of Oxford, examined risk of severe COVID-19 leading to hospitalisation or death from 14 days after a second […]
