COVID-19

CHICAGO — Nearly one-fourth of academic oncologists surveyed reported feelings of burnout, with the highest rates among women and lesbian/gay/bisexual faculty, according to study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Among more than 72,000 blood donors in the United States aged 16 years or older, 96% had antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19 by late last year, according to a new analysis.

Explicit and implicit messages toward female physicians and trainees to wait to have children have led to significant challenges in family building compared with women in other professions and the general public.

Explicit and implicit messages toward female physicians and trainees to wait to have children have led to significant challenges in family building compared with women in other professions and the general public.

Researchers found that patients hospitalized withCOVID-19 received antibiotics for potential secondary bacterial infections without clinical indications suggesting they could benefit from the treatment.

WASHINGTON — Three months after a COVID-19 infection, women with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome had worse airway measurements on CT scans than men, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — One year after COVID-19 hospitalization, measures of endurance and respiratory symptom burden improved, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

The FDA has fully approved Paxlovid to treat COVID-19 in adults after the antiviral pill was first granted emergency use authorization in December 2021.

Adults hospitalized with COVID-19 are more likely to test positive for thyroid peroxidase antibodies about 3 months after infection than those who did not have COVID-19, according to study findings from researchers in Italy.

WASHINGTON — Children with asthma did not see any significant differences in lung function or symptom control up to 18 months after acute COVID-19, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.