Aug 03, 2021

Data show vaccinated people had similar viral loads to unvaccinated people and were contagious Following its recent Covid-19 guidelines update stating that fully vaccinated Americans should wear a ...

Aug 03, 2021

Study evaluated non-hospitalized, symptomatic patients Non-hospitalized, symptomatic patients with Covid-19 had increased risk for long-term memory complaints, a Norwegian cohort study found.Compared...

Aug 03, 2021

Use only in unvaxccinated or not fully vaccinated adults and adolescents post-exposure WASHINGTON—The FDA revised its emergency use authorization (EUA) for casirivimab and imdevimab, administer...

Aug 03, 2021

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Aug 03, 2021

West Virginia raced ahead of the country last winter to get people in nursing homes vaccinated against covid-19, but with cases and hospitalizations on the rise again, state officials want to know whe...

Aug 02, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Memory problems are a common part of the postacute sequelae of COVID-19, according to a research letter published online July 29 in JAMA Network Open.Arne Sør...

Aug 02, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The socioeconomic characteristics associated with increased all-cause mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic are described in a report published in the August ...

Aug 02, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A rise in cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is unfolding just as COVID-19 infections are increasing among children.There has been a rise in RSV cases ...

Aug 02, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Florida reached another grim milestone on Sunday when it broke a previous record for COVID-19 hospitalizations that was set before vaccines were available.The ...

Aug 02, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines is borne out in new government data showing that more than 99.99 percent of fully vaccinated Americans have not had a br...

Aug 02, 2021

EUA covers hospitalized patients on respiratory support The FDA revised its Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for baricitinib (Olumiant) to treat Covid-19 in hospitalized patients age 2 years and old...

Aug 02, 2021

Findings may explain multiple eye disorders linked to Covid-19 Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in the retinas of three people who died of Covid-19 may help explain the host of ophthalmic disorders assoc...

Aug 02, 2021

Company officials announce plans to seek approval for booster dose Data published Wednesday ahead of peer review show the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, BNT162b2, continues to provide almost unive...

Jul 30, 2021

The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around empowering physicians to discuss vaccination with patients. Below are the highlights from the chat. You can read the full transcript h...

Jul 30, 2021

THURSDAY, July 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An "astounding" rise in COVID-19 cases in Mississippi is putting intense strain on the state's health care system.Compared with the first half of July, the ...

Jul 30, 2021

THURSDAY, July 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- People fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should be tested for the virus if they come into contact with infected people, whether or not they have symptoms, s...

Jul 30, 2021

THURSDAY, July 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Cognitive impairment has been reported following recovery from COVID-19, according to two studies presented at the annual Alzheimer's Association Internatio...

Jul 30, 2021

But breakthrough cases appeared capable of transmitting infection to others Breakthrough cases of Covid-19 were rare and largely asymptomatic in a group of fully vaccinated health care workers in Isr...

Jul 30, 2021

Upon first inspection, the mutations in the highly contagious delta covid variant don’t look that worrisome. For starters, delta has fewer genetic changes than earlier versions of t...

Jul 29, 2021

THURSDAY, July 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Sickle cell disease is associated with a fourfold increased risk for COVID-19-related hospitalization and a more than twofold increased risk for COVID-19-re...