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FDA Medwatch Alert: FDA Safety Communication: Do Not Use Cue Health’s COVID-19 Tests Due to Risk of False Results
May 13, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning home test users, caregivers, and health care providers not to use Cue Health’s COVID-19 Tests for Home and Over-the-Counter (...
Cancer & COVID Drove Him to Double-Lung Transplant
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – Chicago resident Arthur “Art” Gillespie fell ill in early March 2020 with COVID, after he and his father went to visit an uncle in a nursing facility. “I was hospitalized for 1...
Some Children Prescribed Nonrecommended Meds for COVID-19
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – Despite national guidelines, a small proportion of children were prescribed ineffective and potentially harmful medications for acute COVID-19, according to a study published...
There's a New Set of COVID Variants Called FLiRT: What You Need to Know
WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 – The virus behind COVID has mutated again, this time producing variants nicknamed FLiRT, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported. The variants...
Scientists Developing Vaccine Against Present and Future COVID Viruses
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Scientists are busy working on a vaccine that might fight strains of the COVID virus SARS-CoV-2 that haven't even emerged yet. The effort from a British team at the University...
Long-Term Smell, but Not Taste, Deficits Seen After COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – Olfactory dysfunction, especially for smell, is more common in individuals with prior COVID-19 versus individuals with no history of infection, with deficits varying by...
Following Drop After COVID-19 Onset, Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Is Up
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – There was an initial decrease in inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions following onset of COVID-19, followed by an increase, according to a study published online April 22...
Two-Thirds of Survivors of the Most Severe COVID-19 Face Impairment at One Year
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 – Nearly two-thirds of survivors of severe COVID-19 discharged to long-term acute care hospitals have persistent impairments at one year, according to a study published online...
SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Does Not Increase New-Onset Seizure Risk
TUESDAY, April 30, 2024 – There is no risk for new-onset seizure incidence for individuals receiving a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine versus placebo, according...
Climate Change Could Be Good News for Viruses Like COVID
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – Climate change – and closed windows – could be aiding the spread of airborne viruses like the one that causes COVID-19, a new study suggests. Increased levels of carbon...
Pandemic Reignited Debate Regarding Physician's Obligation to Treat
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – There was a surge in ethics literature during COVID-19 advocating for the ethical acceptability of physicians refusing to treat, according to a study published online April...
COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Show Great Global Variance
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 – There is significant global variation in COVID-19 treatment recommendations and disease severity stratifications, according to a study published online April 22 in BMJ...
Pandemic Had Modest Effect on Early Childhood Development Milestones
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 – Modest changes were seen in early childhood development milestone achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online April 22 in JAMA...
Pandemic Had Only Minor Effect on Young Kids' Development
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 – The pandemic caused only “modest” delays in developmental milestones for infants and toddlers, a new study has found. Previous research has reported that pandemic-related loc...
Dozens of COVID Virus Mutations Arose in Man With Longest Known Case
FRIDAY, April 19, 2024 – An immune-compromised man with a year-and-a-half-long COVID infection served as a breeding ground for dozens of coronavirus mutations, a new study discovered. Worse, several...
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