COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the overall well-being of the health care workforce.

A 60 mm Hg vs. 90 mm Hg oxygenation target helped adult ICU patients with COVID-19 and severe hypoxemia spend more days alive without life support, according to results published in JAMA.

Among patients who died of acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, heart tissues were damaged even when they were not directly affected by the virus, researchers reported.

DENVER — Among people with HIV, hybrid immunity against COVID-19 is more effective at preventing infection and severe disease than vaccination alone, according to a study.

Black ICU patients with COVID-19 receiving high-dose inhaled nitric oxide had a decreased risk for 28-day and 90-day mortality, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Regardless of vaccination status, individuals with hematologic malignancies had increased odds of developing severe COVID-19 until oral antivirals became widely available in mid-2022, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Multiple studies presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, or CROI, supported doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

Continuous Medicaid eligibility during COVID-19 significantly reduced postpartum loss of insurance, but was not tied to health care use, contraceptive use, breastfeeding or depressive symptoms in early postpartum, researchers reported.

Adults who survive COVID-AKI hospitalization may experience fewer major adverse kidney events and lower mortality than patients with AKI tied to with other illnesses, according to published data.

High-risk gastrointestinal cancer diagnoses declined sharply during the first 3 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but they returned to previous levels by the middle of the year, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.