COVID-19

Investigators found about 70% of rheumatology patients had a good antibody response to the COVID-19 vaccines.

Several different cardiovascular symptoms have presented in patients with COVID-19.

Authors suggest children with uncontrolled asthma should be considered for priority for COVID-19 vaccination.

Patients with history of VTE, peak D-dimer ≥3 μg/mL, and predischarge CRP ≥10 mg/dL were at high risk of experiencing new onset of VTE after hospital discharge.

Managers will face a number of challenges in the next year.

The overall risk of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection was 15.4% in the multiple myeloma population and 3.9% in the noncancer population.

Among the 3 cohorts studied, patients with schizophrenia had the highest mortality rates from a COVID-19 infection.

Earlier today the FDA authorized booster doses for the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for all adults.

Dr. Worobey suggested in his report that the vendor’s ties to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market strongly suggested the pandemic originated at the Wuhan market.

Investigators also noted that higher rates of infection were observed in Black patients.

Despite this, asthma severity was not associated with higher risk of COVID-19.

Derek Jones talks about how the pandemic will shape healthcare in the coming years.

The FDA has yet to rule on twice-daily pill.

Incidence rates of post-Ad26.COV2.S vaccination cerebral venous sinus thrombosis was 8.65 per 100,000 person-years.

Hospital systems were able to effectively mitigate challenges during COVID-19, with 24-hour time-to-surgery benchmarks unchanged from before to after the pandemic.

Even though COVID-19 infection disproportionately impacts minority patients, there’s no indication that vaccine intention differs depending on race in IBD patients.

Though immunogenicity responses to the vaccine were lower in dialysis patients, the lower response rate was less apparent in second doses.

Hospitalized patients were more likely to have impairments in attention, executive functioning, and category fluency compared to those in the outpatient group.

In all visits, data show 23.8% were virtual, 8.2% were in-person at home, and 68.0% were in-person and onsite.

Investigators noted that despite these self-reported allergic reactions, they were not an impediment for the completion of the 2-dose vaccination series.

An increase in benzodiazepine prescriptions in women patients was also reported, which suggested a substantial mental health impact of COVID-19-associated mitigation measures.

There was a correlation between anxiety scores and COVID-19 cases.

Data show the overall risk difference between the first and second doses of BNT162b2 was 1.76 per 100,000 persons.

An unplanned pregnancy can translate into a multitude of health factors and risks for both the mother and the baby.

The VRBPAC voted 16-2 against the booster dose because of unclear evidence regarding the need.