Articles Tagged With: COVID-19
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Response to COVID-19 Vaccination in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
The apparent immunogenicity of available SARS-CoV-2 messenger ribonucleic acid vaccines is markedly reduced in solid organ transplant recipients, providing concern that they may not provide protection from symptomatic COVID-19 in many.
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Children Are Not Major Spreaders of COVID-19 in Schools
A surveillance study from Singapore found a very low risk of COVID-19 transmission for children in schools, especially preschools.
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Vitamin D and COVID-19?
Low levels of vitamin D are associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19, but causality is not yet known.
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The Enduring Enigma of Vitamin D Supplementation
Murky federal panel recommendation, ongoing research likely to keep debate going for some time to come.
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CDC: Vaccinate Dialysis Patients, Staff for SARS-CoV-2
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is undertaking a major emphasis program to immunize patients and staff at dialysis centers nationally against COVID-19.
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Long COVID May Mimic Myalgic Encephalitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the disease known as COVID-19, is producing a pandemic as it presents within a spectrum of symptoms from asymptomatic to mild to severe disease.
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OSHA, CMS Step Up Hospital Inspections
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a National Emphasis Program to ensure that employees in high-hazard industries, such as healthcare, are protected from contracting SARS-CoV-2.
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Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Remains a Mystery, WHO Investigation Ruling Nothing Out
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic most likely arose from horseshoe bats in caves in South China, transferring into humans from an unknown intermediate animal source, according to a World Health Organization report that raised four distinct scenarios and rules out none of them.
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Post-COVID-19: The Crisis After the Crisis
Critical care physicians have the opportunity to optimize long-term function and quality of life for COVID-19 survivors. It is paramount to prevent, recognize, and treat post-COVID-19 symptoms.
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FDA Lifts Restriction on Mifepristone Access
Federal rule had required women to pick up the drug in person only, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.