When started within 5 days after symptom onset, molnupiravir lowered risk for post-acute death and long-COVID sequelae regardless of vaccination status or reinfection. Long COVID is a multifaceted condition with persistent post-acute and chronic sequelae. Previous reports indicated that full vaccination and antiviral treatment with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) were both associated […]
México termina emergencia sanitaria por COVID-19 A más de tres años de la declaración de emergencia sanitaria por causa de fuerza mayor en el territorio mexicano, el gobierno anunció el fin de la emergencia sanitaria, ya que el país cumple con las características establecidas por la Organización Mundial de la […]
SAN DIEGO – A COVID-19 combination antiviral is the most important new drug primary care physicians have prescribed in recent years – plus it has helped keep many patients out of the hospital, according to a presenter at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians. Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir was granted emergency use […]
Imani Ibrahim, a 33-year-old Chicago-based clinical social worker, became ill in January 2020. “I was very sick for a few days with flu-like symptoms. At that point, COVID-19 had not yet become a big outbreak, and I didn’t know what I had,” she said. Two months later, she went to […]
A new study shows that people with long COVID respond differently to COVID vaccines and that the condition may be caused by a dysfunction of the immune system — possibly explaining why some people experience symptoms for months while others recover and resume normal lives. The study compared people who […]
Vaccines developed early in the COVID-19 pandemic continue to provide substantial protection against severe disease and death from the disease. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has mutated significantly since late 2019. But, in many cases, the immune system can recognize later variants such as Omicron. This ability comes in part from features […]
Three years after the start of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 shows no signs of settling into a seasonal pattern of spread, like influenza has. Whether you call it a surge, a spike, a wave or perhaps just a wavelet, there are signs of a rise in SARS-CoV-2 infections — again. A […]
In patients requiring conventional oxygen support, giving a higher dose of dexamethasone raised risk for death compared with standard-dose corticosteroids. In patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who require oxygen support, dexamethasone (6 mg daily for 10 days) reduces mortality and is standard of care. Now, in a randomized open-label trial, the […]
The director of the 9/11 Commission sought a congressional probe. Lawmakers never called, so he and a group of experts offered their own assessment. Three years into the pandemic, America has reached — at best — an uneasy stalemate with covid: more than 1 million deaths, an exhausted health-care workforce, […]
Following FDA regulatory action, CDC has taken steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want the option of added protection from additional COVID-19 vaccine doses. CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met today to discuss these COVID-19 vaccine recommendation changes, […]
