COVID-19

Dr. Gerald Smetana encourages PCPs to familiarize themselves with the outpatient drug options for managing COVID-19 because of the limited treatment window for administration.

Dr. Tara Vijayan talks about how primary care physicians can be best combat misinformation.

High-risk individuals should be targeted when drug scarcity comes into play.

There remains a need to develop more antivirals that can be easily scaled up for COVID-19.

These findings suggest the importance of COVID-19 vaccination for patients with OHT.

There is concern for cardiovascular patients over missed screenings during the pandemic.

Females were disproportionately affected by some of the restrictions put in place in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company reported interim results at a meeting this week showing multiple formulations were tolerable and safe. Next comes a phase 2 trial.

Bianca K. Frogner, PhD, discusses the prevalence of burnout and job dissatisfaction observed across various health care worker roles and settings.

Investigators noted selection bias and unaccounted-for confounders may make the increase in RVO incidence coincidental to COVID-19 infection.

The adverse event rate was 2.2% for patients with IBD following 1 dose of the vaccine.

A survey analysis suggests the worst of turnover in the workforce occurred in 2020, but focus is needed to recover health care workers from specific fields.

National registry data suggest management and outcomes of ST-elevation myocardial infarction are returning to pre-pandemic levels, though vaccinated patients have fared better in mortality.

Furthermore, psoriatic treatment did not appear to significantly reduce COVID-19 vaccine efficacy.

Investigators conducted the largest study on SARS-CoV-2 co-infection with influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, or adenoviruses.

The relative risk of hospitalization was substantially lower for patients with IBD and COVID-19 who were treated with biologics (compared to patients not treated with biologics.

Case-control analyses suggest older patients may cognitively age by about 8 years within 6 months of being discharged for severe COVID-19.

Experts observed a significant increase in monthly overdose deaths during Spring 2020, before a gradual decrease to 2019 rates.

A new study estimates that 18.2 million excess deaths occurred between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, suggesting that the impact of the pandemic was greater than previously thought.

Up to 100 participants who experienced an allergic reaction to the vaccine will be enrolled in the single-site trial, which will be led by Dr. Pamela A. Guerrerio

Investigators note that disruptions in care disproportionately affected individuals experiencing employment and financial instability.

Smoking and alcohol use are known risk factors that could impact fertility.

Experts from the Violence Intervention Advocacy Program of the Boston Medical Center share insight from their research examining the spike of violence observed early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The absolute survival rate observed for US patients with IHCA and COVID-19 was 11.9%.

Though telemedicine has improved upon school-based asthma programs across the country, Dr. Phipatanakul notes that the adoption of these programs can be difficult to implement.

Urticaria and angioedema with oral mucocutaneous involvement were commonly labeled as anaphylaxis upon presentation.

Dr. Trivedi speaks of a new text-based program that helps provide asthma care to children from communities of color, as well as how COVID-19 affected school-based asthma programs.

The 2 companies are expected to seek regulatory authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Over 21 million children and adolescents aged 12–20 years had received 1 or more doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, amounting to 1 reported case of MIS-C per million vaccinated individuals in this age group.