COVID-19

A lack of PPE and high patient volumes were the leading causes of distress for nurses.

Depression is the leading cause of disability in the US.

Older individuals are at an increased risk of more severe COVID-19 outcomes.

The BNT162b2 vaccine is the first to be approved by the FDA, and will likely result in greater prescribing capability and workplace vaccine mandates.

Costello suggests low intensity exercise for those coming off of COVID-19 infections.

Many people adopted exercise programs they could do at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With immunosuppressed populations at an increased risk of death and comorbidities due to COVID-19, members of the Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices moved to approve additional doses for young at-risk patients.

Women with COVID-19 who gave birth were more likely to deliver earlier than 37 weeks.

Investigators from Spain contribute to the dialogue surrounding postvaccine antibodies with a study that looks exclusively at the COVID-19 vaccine’s affect on breastfeeding mothers.

There has been a lot of variance in mental health studies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investigators believe benefit of COVID-19 vaccination outweigh the risk of myocarditis in adolescent population.

Would mark the first COVID-19 vaccine to gain full FDA approval.

Severe mental disorders had the highest odds ratios for the risk of mortality.

On this episode of Coping After COVID, Dr. Craig Chepke discusses the challenges for schizophrenia patients.

FlowMetric, Inc., discusses its VaxEffect, an immune monitoring platform and how it can be used to measure COVID-19 vaccine responses.

Younger age and individuals who work more than 41 hours per week were associated with more prevalent mental health symptoms.

Changes in physical activity and diet may be main cause for worsening of diabetes control.

Data show similar family impact and distress scores at baseline and 3-months, highlighting continued impact of COVID-19 on T1D population.

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the usage of telemedicine tools in all medical fields.

The vaccines did not result in reductions in semen volume, sperm concentration, sperm motility, and total motile sperm count.

Africa sees third wave as only 1% of the population is fully vaccinated.

Investigators suggest symptoms in asthmatic patients are more severe, although it does not result in higher mortality rates.

California has administered more than 40 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Results from the PREVENT-19 trial show the vaccine yields a 90% efficacy rate against symptomatic disease.

Suspected suicide attempts have increased more among females.