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Things in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

Feb 23, 2021

The following was originally posted on February 6 by Kelly Cawcutt, MD, to her personal blog at paragonfire.com. With 2020 in the rearview mirror, I am reminded of the saying that â€things i...

All British Adults Should Have First COVID-19 Shot by July 31: Government

Feb 23, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Every adult in Britain should get a first COVID-19 vaccination by the end of July, instead of the previous target of September, the British government said Su...

COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Higher With Three-Month Interval Between Doses

Feb 23, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A three-month interval between the first and second doses of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Oxford vaccine results in higher vaccine efficacy than a six-week interval, a...

A COVID Love Note from a Mother Physician

Feb 23, 2021

The media is reporting the division of “sides” people are taking when it comes to the pandemic. Political agendas are pervasive and infiltrate people’s thoughts around COVID-19. As a physician, ...

Covid-19 Spurs Growth of Telemedicine, But Licensing Issues Remain

Feb 23, 2021

Can Zoom remake medical licensing? The world is a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, and much of daily life has changed during the past year. Almost all of those changes were radical, affecting how ind...

Covid-19 Vaccine: U.K. Researchers Confirm Efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine

Feb 23, 2021

3-month dosing interval may be optimal, affording more protection after second dose A recent pooled analysis of four studies assessing vaccinations with two doses of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine con...

Anxiety, Depression Remain Elevated Well into Covid-19 Pandemic

Feb 23, 2021

Fall survey of U.S. adults showed persistent increase in mental health issues Anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues related to Covid-19 remained common and well above prepandemic levels...

Covid-19: Pfizer/BioNTech Say VaccineDoesn’t Need Super Cold Storage

Feb 22, 2021

Companies ask FDA allow us of standard pharmaceutical freezers Pfizer and partner BioNTech are asking the FDA to allow their Covid-19 vaccine to be stored at temperatures between â’25° and â’15Â...

Covid-19: mRNA Vaccines Safe So Far; Pfizer Vax Cuts Infections at First Dose

Feb 22, 2021

Reports from U.S. and Israel suggest mRNA shots are safe and effective Early reports from the U.S. and Israel on two mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines, Pfizer/BioNTech’s BNT162b2 and Moderna’s mRNA-...

Patient & Clinician Perspectives on Remote COPD Care During COVID-19

Feb 19, 2021

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread adoption of remote care delivery for COPD occurred rapidly, explains John Hurst, PhD, FRCP, FHEA.  “People with respiratory conditions like COPD wer...

Rural Hospital Remains Entrenched in Covid â€War’ Even Amid Vaccine Rollout

Feb 19, 2021

Editor’s note: KHN wrote about St. James Parish Hospital in April, when it was experiencing its first surge of covid-19 patients. Ten months later, we checked in to see how the hospital and its staf...

Prominent Scientists Call on CDC to Better Protect Workers From Covid

Feb 19, 2021

Use Our Content It can be republished for free. A prominent group of academics is pressing the Biden administration to move faster and take stronger action to protect high-risk workers from airbor...

Covid-19: Vaccinations Dropped Among Medicare Recipients in Early Days of Pandemic

Feb 19, 2021

Vax rates plummeted up to 89% by mid-April 2020, and racial/ethnic disparities remained Weekly vaccination rates dipped dramatically among Medicare beneficiaries age ≥65 years during the opening ...

Age, Frailty Independently Linked to COVID-19 Mortality

Feb 19, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For adults hospitalized with COVID-19, age and frailty are independently associated with inpatient mortality and with higher care needs on discharge, accord...

Myocardial Injury Prevalent in Patients With Severe COVID-19

Feb 19, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Myocarditis-like injury occurs after severe COVID-19 infection, with late gadolinium enhancement and/or ischemia in 54 percent of patients, according to a s...

Many U.S. Troops Refusing COVID-19 Vaccination

Feb 19, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Thousands of U.S. military personnel are refusing or delaying COVID-19 vaccination, even as service members are being deployed to help give shots at vaccina...

Stronger Rules Needed to Reduce Workplace Transmission of COVID-19​

Feb 18, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Immediate action is needed to reduce the airborne transmission of the new coronavirus in high-risk workplaces such as hospitals, schools, meatpacking plant...

Canadian Study Confirms COVID-19 More Serious Than Influenza

Feb 18, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Admission to the hospital for COVID-19 through June 30, 2020, was associated with greater mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) use, and hospital length of ...

Azithromycin of No Benefit in Patients Hospitalized with Covid-19

Feb 18, 2021

No survival, length of stay benefit shown in RECOVERY trial Treatment with azithromycin was not associated with improved survival or shorter hospital stays in patients hospitalized with Covid-19 in...

Factors Other Than Workplace Tied to COVID-19 Positivity in HCWs

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Demographic and community risk factors are more strongly associated with COVID-19 positivity than workplace exposure among health care workers (HCWs), accord...

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