COVID-19

Despite widespread vaccinations and preventive measures in place, the continued circulation of the COVID-19 virus remains a challenge for clinicians and patients affected by multiple myeloma.

Paxlovid did not reduce the risk for long COVID among vaccinated, nonhospitalized people who received it within a month of their first SARS-CoV-2 infection, a study showed.

On Oct. 24, 2023, Debra Houry, MD, MPH, chief medical officer and deputy director for program and science at the CDC, issued a grim warning to members of the media: Burnout among health care workers “has reached crisis levels.”

Each January, Alcohol Change UK runs Dry January, a post-holiday campaign that encourages people to abstain from alcohol for 31 days at the beginning of the year and drink more healthily year-round.

Hybrid SARS-CoV-2 immunity in pregnancy — immunity from a prior infection plus vaccination — is associated with a greater likelihood of protection at delivery for mothers and infants compared with a prior infection alone, a study found.

Last autumn, the availability of the 2023-2024 updated COVID-19 vaccines, which more closely targeted the then-dominant XBB omicron subvariant lineage, promised to restore protections that had waned over time.

Individuals who follow a plant-based or vegetarian diet are less likely to contract COVID-19 compared with those who follow an omnivorous diet, according to results published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.

Children with obesity demonstrate a greater likelihood of shock, ICU admission and worse laboratory scores in multisystem inflammatory syndrome, but not Kawasaki disease, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for all Americans, with unprecedented morbidity and mortality, economic hardship and social stressors.

In September 2021, the Biden administration introduced the American Pandemic Preparedness Plan, a proposal to transform the country’s capabilities to respond to future pandemics.