COVID-19

WASHINGTON — Age-standardized mortality rates for alcohol-associated liver disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease increased the most among the young and non-Hispanic whites, Blacks and Native Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHICAGO — The number of Medicare beneficiaries participating in cardiac rehabilitation dropped significantly at the onset of the pandemic and had yet to return to pre-pandemic levels as of December 2021, a speaker reported.

ORLANDO – A clinic in Brazil that continued in-center short daily dialysis through the pandemic reduced the risk for spreading COVID-19 among patients and staff by controlling transportation and using universal precautions, according to a poster presented here.

Pfizer and BioNTech said Friday that their bivalent COVID-19 booster, which targets the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages, elicits stronger immune responses than their original vaccine.

During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, people with endometriosis reported worse symptoms and negative effects on their mental health, according to survey results.

In this edition, we bring you news and Healio-exclusive interviews from the American Neurological Association Annual Meeting.

In patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases, vaccination against COVID-19 does not appear to correlate with increased flares, regardless of disease status, previous exposure and vaccine type, according to data published in Rheumatology.

COVID-19 vaccine equity has improved as the pandemic has progressed, some disparities in access remain prompting WHO to maintain the pandemic’s public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, status.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection were not associated with clinically significant changes in menstrual cycle length, data presented here confirmed.

Electronic records from three large health care systems showed that the first 8 months of the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with worsening BP outcomes among people with hypertension across all socioeconomic backgrounds.