COVID-19

Remote monitoring of patients with COVID-19 and exertional hypoxia treated with supplemental oxygen at home was linked to a lower number of days in the hospital, according to a research letter published in CHEST.

Prolonged prone position ventilation for 24 hours or more was linked to less death at 30 and 90 days in COVID-19 patients on mechanical ventilation, according to study results published in CHEST.

CDC advisors recommended that older adults talk to their doctors about getting vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus using one of two recently approved shots.

INDIANAPOLIS — Sleep duration, latencies and loneliness were associated with problematic drinking among college students with and without substance use disorder in 2020.

COVID-19 vaccination was not associated with ovarian reserve changes for women seeking fertility treatment, regardless of type of vaccine, according to a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

FDA advisors recommend that future COVID-19 vaccines be monovalent, targeting XBB sublineages of the omicron variant, after data showed that bivalent vaccines are less effective against currently circulating variants.

For survivors of serious COVID-19, a physical activity program was a safe, effective intervention for improving health-related quality of life, persistent symptoms and more, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial.

Compared with mechanical ventilation parameters of nonpregnant patients with critical COVID-19, no difference was found in pregnant women with COVID-19 in the ICU, according to study results published in CHEST.

During the COVID-19 public health emergency, telemedicine increased access to prescriptions for patients with ADHD.

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of five stories from ASCO Voices, a session during ASCO Annual Meeting focused on the human side of oncology.