Omicron Silver Lining: Fewer, Milder Cases of MIS-C in Kids
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 Omicron variant caused fewer cases of a rare but sometimes deadly complication for children than the earlier Delta variant did, new research shows.“Our study is one of the first to show that durin…
Learn MoreReport Outlines National Plan to Test Wastewater for Harmful Germs
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The pandemic brought the utility of testing wastewater to gauge viral spread to the fore. Now, experts at the independent National Academies of Sciences (NAS) have issued a report outlining a roadmap for the…
Learn MoreWhat to Know About XBB, the New COVID Variant
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The new coronavirus continues to dodge, duck, dip and dive, mutating again and again to find its way past people’s immune defenses.The latest COVID variant to gain a foothold in America is called XBB.1.5, whic…
Learn MorePlane Wastewater Study Shows How COVID Travel Restrictions Failed
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Wastewater research isn’t for the squeamish, but it can get to the bottom of questions about such things as the effectiveness of COVID-19 air travel restrictions.Tests of toilet tank water from flights enterin…
Learn MorePost-COVID-19 Conditions Tied to Higher Health Care Utilization
THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Health care utilization is increased in the six months following COVID-19 infection, but vaccination can lower the risk for long COVID symptoms, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in JAMA Network …
Learn MoreInequities Seen in Cancer Treatment Delay in Patients With SARS-CoV-2
THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Race and ethnicity and area-level social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with delayed or discontinued cancer treatment among patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-C…
Learn MoreAdverse Outcomes Increased With SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for maternal death, maternal morbidities, and neonatal morbidity, according to re…
Learn MorePandemic Funding Saved More Americans From Medical Debt
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans who had trouble paying their medical bills dropped precipitously between 2019 and 2021, and funds from the American Rescue Plan and other federal pandemic relief programs may have be…
Learn MoreLa COVID durante el embarazo dispara el riesgo de muerte de una mujer
MARTES, 17 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La infección con la COVID-19 durante el embarazo multiplica el riesgo de morir de una mujer por siete, y eleva de forma significativa sus probabilidades de necesitar cuidados intensivos, encuentra un nue…
Learn MoreRespiratory Virus Coinfection May Up SARS-CoV-2 Severity in Children Under 5
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For children younger than 5 years hospitalized with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), respiratory virus coinfections may increase illness severity, according to a study published…
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