COVID-19

NEW ORLEANS — The first U.S. study to examine the link between COVID-19 vaccination and risk for major adverse cardiac events found that vaccination was protective against such events in patients with COVID-19.

Distress levels among veterans were greater at 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic, but decreased at 2 years to pre-pandemic levels, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Adults with obstructive sleep apnea faced elevated risks for developing COVID-19 and experiencing COVID-19-related complications, according to study results published in Thorax.

The regulations and reimbursement structures surrounding telehealth that were loosened during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have begun to tighten again, and could have significant implications in rheumatology.

Healio compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in February.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Although omicron variants appear generally less severe and more manageable than previous SARS-CoV-2 strains, patients with rheumatologic conditions should remain vigilant, according to a presenter.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, inequities regarding kidney disease treatment have worsened in low- and lower-middle income countries, according to data published in Seminar Nephrology.

Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of the top headlines in cardiology from February 2023.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz — The study of COVID-19 may in turn improve the understanding of immunology by demonstrating that the immune system is “highly alive,” said a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.

After many infectious disease fellowship programs went unfilled on the latest Match Day, physicians in the field shared why they think the area has recently become more undesirable than in previous years.