By Staff
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 8:02 AM
When the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a $1 billion dollar research effort in 2021 focused on long COVID, hopes were high that it would lead to some answers for the mysterious riddle of the complex condition. Now, more than 3 years later and with total funding of about $1.6 billion, critics contend the federal government has little to show for its efforts.
By Staff
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 8:02 AM
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.
By Staff
Monday, June 24, 2024 8:02 AM
New research found women aged 21-65 years who were due for a Papanicolaou (Pap) test to screen for cervical cancer were about 30% less likely in 2022 to report having received one in the past year than women were in 2019. The likelihood of Pap testing in the past year did not differ between 2019 and 2020, during the early part of the pandemic.
By Staff
Friday, June 21, 2024 8:02 AM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Thursday it will provide up to $500 million for mid-stage trials evaluating vaccines administered as a nasal spray or pill to protect against symptomatic COVID-19.
By Staff
Friday, June 21, 2024 6:09 AM
Left amygdalar volumes were smaller in newborns whose mothers had high psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, a small cross-sectional study suggested.
By Staff
Thursday, June 20, 2024 8:02 AM
Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale School of Medicine. I want to help people suffering from long COVID as much as anyone. But we have a real problem. In brief, we are being too inclusive. The first thing you learn, when you start studying the epidemiology of diseases, is that you need a good case definition. And our case definition for long COVID sucks.
By Staff
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 6:09 AM
Accusations flew from the dais to the witness table at a Senate hearing on June 18 as senators and witnesses debated the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
By Staff
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 6:09 AM
Clinicians prescribed hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and ivermectin inappropriately to thousands of children with acute COVID-19, according to a retrospective cohort study.
By Staff
Monday, June 17, 2024 6:09 AM
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has just proposed a new case definition for long COVID. The criteria specify that the condition "is present for at least 3 months as a continuous, relapsing and remitting, or progressive disease state" and the condition can be defined by "single or multiple symptoms" that "can range from mild to severe."
By Staff
Friday, June 14, 2024 8:02 AM
Moderna said its combination vaccine to protect against both COVID-19 and influenza generated a stronger immune response in adults aged 50 and over when compared to separate shots against the viruses in a late-stage trial.
By Staff
Friday, June 14, 2024 6:09 AM
If you've been sick with COVID-19, you may have some protection against certain versions of the common cold.
By Staff
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 8:02 AM
A new broadly inclusive definition of long COVID from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has been developed with the aim of improving consistency, documentation, and treatment for both adults and children.
By Staff
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 8:02 AM
Stuart Malcolm, MD, a primary care physician who practices in Oregon and Northern California, started seeing patients with long COVID early in the pandemic. Back then, he was frustrated by the obstacles and lack of standard diagnostic tests and treatments. Four years later, well, he still is.
By Staff
Monday, June 10, 2024 8:02 AM
Last week, advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted in favor of recommending that COVID-19 vaccines for 2024-25 should target a strain within the lineage of the JN.1 variant that has been dominant this year.
By Staff
Monday, June 10, 2024 6:09 AM
Some "unusual" cancers emerged during the pandemic, but is COVID to blame? The uptick in aggressive, late-stage cancers since the dawn of the pandemic is confirmed by some early national data and a number of large cancer institutions.