Hospital Medicine News

Real-world evidence published Tuesday in MMWR demonstrated that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has protected children and adolescents against COVID-19, including kids aged 5 to 11 years.

One in three older adults reported one or more new or persistent COVID-19 symptoms following acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, researchers reported in BMJ.

Depression was common among adolescents even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, affecting around one in every five, according to 6 years of surveillance data published this week in MMWR.

New COVID-19 guidance released by the CDC on Friday indicates that most Americans now live in areas where they can go maskless.

Rapid diagnostic tests, now synonymous with COVID-19, are instrumental to patient care, helping to improve antimicrobial therapy, patient outcomes and even infection control, experts said.

Parents should ensure their newborn receives a dose of vitamin K after birth to prevent a potentially life-threatening bleeding disease, the AAP said in a recent policy announcement.

Older adults with severe financial strain had a greater risk for mortality 6 months after being discharged from the hospital for an acute myocardial infarction than those without financial strain, according to recent data.

In this episode, I sit down with Hassan Khouli, MD, to discuss his personal and professional journey into medicine, keeping hope in the midst of the pandemic, and the importance of human connection with both patients and colleagues.

Convalescent plasma with high neutralizing antibodies produced a strong and rapid viral clearance when administered to patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to recent data.

A 500 mg intramuscular injection of sotrovimab was noninferior to an IV infusion of the investigational monoclonal antibody for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in a phase 3 trial, investigators reported.