Practice Management News

People infected with COVID-19 have a higher risk of cardiovascular/cerebrovascular complications. However, researchers found that these risks can be reduced with vaccination and boosting.

HONOLULU — Women often have different presentations and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea compared with men and are offered treatment less often, according to a speaker at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

COVID-19 vaccination was associated with a reduced likelihood of long COVID among children infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the omicron wave, according to study findings presented at IDWeek.

Hospitalized patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children — or MIS-C —are far more likely to experience shock than those hospitalized with Kawasaki disease, according to a study.

BOSTON — Boosting with mRNA-1273 provided additional COVID-19 protection during the delta and omicron waves, and especially among older adults, according to data from the phase 3 coronavirus efficacy (COVE) trial presented at IDWeek.

HONOLULU — More women and underrepresented racial/ethnic groups have entered into medicine, but bias and discrimination still exist, which can lead to poorer care, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Physicians of all specialties are likely aware of health savings accounts and their use by patients and doctors alike to pay for health-related expenses.

BOSTON — Two doses of an experimental live-attenuated intranasal COVID-19 vaccine generated a robust immune response in a phase 1 trial, researchers reported.

Pfizer’s maternal vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus could significantly decrease clinical visits among infants and save more than $800 million in overall costs, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

HONOLULU — For the first time in history, the presidents of the leading national and international pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine organizations are currently women.