COVID-19

SAN DIEGO — Individuals with inspiratory muscle weakness 2 years after COVID-19 hospitalization had improvement with inspiratory muscle training, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN FRANCISCO — The number of deliveries attended by DOs, nursing midwives and non-nursing midwives has increased while use of standard MDs decreased in the past several decades, especially after COVID-19, a speaker reported.

Incidence of Henoch-Schönlein purpura waned and waxed significantly with the implementation and relaxation of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Decades of declining heart failure mortality in the U.S. has reversed, and exceeded rates recorded more than 20 years ago, according to overall population-level data published in JAMA Cardiology.

Over the years, an old friend, Michael Cater, MD, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital of Orange County, California, has shared numerous interesting cases, some from exotic places during his time in the Army.

At the start of the pandemic, there were no data to show whether asthma put pregnant women at higher risk for complications from COVID-19, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Symptoms of depression among frontline COVID-19 nurses decreased after using a mindfulness app for 1 month, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

An automated algorithm designed to identify rheumatology patients who need to “shield” against COVID-19 demonstrated results that matched the “gold standard” of manual review in the majority of cases, according to data.

Researchers found no association between a positive COVID-19 test and the development of asthma in children, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for CorDx TyFast Flu A/B & COVID-19 At Home Multiplex Rapid Test, according to an FDA roundup news release.