Category: COVID
Epidemiologic Features of Recovery From SARS-CoV-2 Infection
JAMA Key Points Question What variables are associated with time to recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection? Findings In this cohort study of 4708 participants in a US meta-cohort, the median self-reported time to recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection was 20 days, and an estimated 22.5% had not recovered by 90 days. Women and adults with suboptimal prepandemic health, particularly […]
Jun 18, 2024
New Long COVID Definition Proposed by National Academies
MedPageToday A new reportopens in a new tab or window from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) offers a new definition of long COVID in an effort to streamline the diagnosis and treatment of the condition, which has serious medical, social, and economic consequences for patients, according to the authoring committee. Long COVID should […]
Jun 12, 2024
Covid cases in Hawaii are on the rise, take these precautions
KHON ovid cases are on the rise in Hawaii. State health officials said it’s not a time to panic, but maybe start thinking about taking some precautions. “Right now, it’s Covid that is showing us in the red or the high zone,” said Dr. Sarah Kimble, State Epidemiologist. “What that means is we’re seeing higher […]
Jun 11, 2024
3 Things to Know About FLiRT, the New Coronavirus Strains
Yale Medicine A Yale Medicine expert weighs in on the potential impact of the new strains on the spread of COVID. The good news is that in the early spring of 2024, COVID-19 cases were down, with far fewer infections and hospitalizations than were seen in the previous winter. But SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID, is […]
May 22, 2024
National Academies Jun 5, 2024 11:00AM – 12:00PM ET Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020, many individuals infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have continued to experience lingering symptoms for months or even years following infection. Some symptoms can affect […]
May 15, 2024
What to Know About the ‘FLiRT’ Variants of COVID-19
Time The COVID-19 lull in the U.S. may soon come to an end, as a new family of SARS-CoV-2 variants—nicknamed “FLiRT” variants—begins to spread nationwide. These variants are distant Omicron relatives that spun out from JN.1, the variant behind the surge in cases this past winter. They’ve been dubbed “FLiRT” variants based on the technical names for their […]
May 1, 2024
Man dies after 613-day COVID-19 infection that underwent 50 mutations
Scripps News Through the 613 days of infection, the virus evolved into a “novel immune-evasive variant” that had mutated over 50 times. A new report by Dutch scientists revealed a very peculiar case: On Feb. 2022, a 72-year-old man with a compromised immune system was admitted to Amsterdam University Medical Center with a COVID-19 infection. The virus in […]
Apr 24, 2024
4 Years In, a Sobering Look at Long COVID Progress
Medscape Four years ago in the spring of 2020, physicians and patients coined the term “long COVID” to describe a form of the viral infection from which recovery seemed impossible. (And the old nickname “long-haulers” seems so quaint now.) What started as a pandemic that killed nearly 3 million people globally in 2020 alone would turn into a […]
Apr 16, 2024
Only 2 U.S. states report covid increases, CDC says
Washington Post As the United States eased into spring, only two states had increases or likely increases in coronavirus infections as of March 30, according to an update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition, the CDC reported a decline or likely decline in coronavirus infections in 29 states and territories and called infections “stable […]
Apr 9, 2024
Clinical Infectious Diseases Abstract Background Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in children is highly prevalent but its acute and chronic implications have been minimally described. Methods In this controlled case-ascertained household transmission study, we recruited asymptomatic children <18 years with SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid testing performed at 12 tertiary care pediatric institutions in Canada and the United States. […]
Mar 27, 2024
