Author: Claudinne Miller
Understanding Sleep Problems and Long COVID
NIH Researchers explore whether poor sleep is a cause or result of Long COVID. Sleep is as important for our health as good food and clean water. It allows our brains to preserve memories and remove waste products. But for some people with Long COVID, sleep no longer comes easily. Research suggests that about 40% of people with […]
Sep 12, 2023
A COVID cure worse than disease?
Harvard Gazette Study weighs in on fears that treatment could spawn super virus. COVID-19 patients are often prescribed antiviral drugs that work by reducing the number of viral particles circulating in the body. One such drug, molnupiravir, tricks the virus into generating mutations, some of which are lethal to the virus itself. The mutations eventually overwhelm […]
Sep 12, 2023
Why public health experts are concerned about BA.2.86, the latest COVID-19 variant
PBS Newshour The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to rise and the new variant makes its way across the globe. The Conversation asked Suresh V. Kuchipudi, a virologist and infectious disease expert at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, […]
Sep 12, 2023
How to Help Patients Navigate a Newly Complex Vaccine Season
MedPageToday In years past, once the calendar moved into September, there were straightforward recommendations across healthcare settings being provided to all adult patients about the benefits of receiving the annual influenza vaccine. Healthcare providers and patients are no longer in such a simple landscape for fall 2023. Along with the already-available influenza vaccines, two recently […]
Sep 12, 2023
Why Florida is seeing the highest proportion of counties with ‘moderate’ COVID hospitalization rates
CBS News As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise across the country, Florida is seeing higher admissions levels than other states. As of Monday, 43 of Florida’s 67 counties reported moderate levels of weekly new hospital admissions for COVID-19 — a higher proportion than any other state in the U.S., data from the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Sep 12, 2023
The Gerontologist Adopting preventive behaviors is crucial to avoiding COVID-19 infection, and perceived anxiousness may influence such behaviors among older adults and their caregivers. This study investigated the relationships between perceived anxiousness about COVID-19 and preventive behaviors in older adult-caregiver dyads. A cross-sectional study was conducted using 1565 older adult-caregiver dyads from the 2020 NHATS/NSOC […]
Sep 5, 2023
Virginia Department of Health announces statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease
NBC News The Virginia Department of Health announced Wednesday, August 30, a statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease. On average, before the coronavirus pandemic, there were only eight or nine cases in Virginia. The current outbreak now involves 27 confirmed cases, including five deaths in the past year. “Is certainly above what we would expect to […]
Sep 5, 2023
Your fall guide to COVID, RSV and flu vaccines
PBS NewsHour As temperatures cool, the risks of respiratory illness rise. This year, there are more vaccine options to consider that are designed to prevent serious illness from flu, COVID and RSV. “All three are, in general, strongly recommended for the populations they’re intended for,” said Dr. Payal Patel, an infectious disease physician at Intermountain […]
Sep 5, 2023
CDC alerts doctors to an increase in RSV cases among young children and babies
NBC News Cases of the respiratory illness are ticking up in Florida and Georgia, the CDC said Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted doctors Tuesday about a rise in severe cases of RSV among young children in Florida and Georgia. Regional increases have usually predicted the beginning of RSV season nationally, the CDC wrote in its […]
Sep 5, 2023
COVID cases spiking as kids go back to school
CBS News Schools are starting back up again with a new wave of COVID cases on the rise. Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, an internal medicine physician and the host of the podcast “Ted Health,” joined CBS News to discuss how to keep your kids safe.
Sep 5, 2023