Arecent study found that older adults with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) had a greater risk of dying during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic than those without dementia, even in areas where community infection was low. The authors attributed the higher excess mortality among patients with ADRD to sudden […]
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All pandemics end eventually. But how, exactly, will we know when the COVID-19 pandemic is really “over”? It turns out the answer to that question may lie more in sociology than epidemiology. As the world passes the second anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration of the COVID pandemic, things seem […]
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It is a great mystery of infectious disease: Why are some people seemingly unaffected by illness that harms others? During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen this play out time and time again when whole families get sick except for one or two fortunate family members. And at so-called superspreader events […]
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends urgent action to increase Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination among people who are pregnant, recently pregnant (including those who are lactating), who are trying to become pregnant now, or who might become pregnant in the future. CDC strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccination […]
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When humans and other species intermingle and viruses move between them, experts call that “spillover.” As humans move and seek new living spaces where wild animals live, and climate change shifts the boundaries of those habitats, scientists predict we will see more of these spillovers. Coronaviruses, which are common in […]
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Get the answer from an infectious disease specialist. We’ve heard it all since the pandemic started — lemon juice can kill the coronavirus, masks don’t work, if you already had COVID-19 you can’t get it again or that the vaccines approved for emergency use will change your DNA or put a tracking device in your body. Yikes. […]
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