Pandemic

In 5 years, COVID-19 has impacted nearly every aspect of life. Although tens of thousands of cases continue to occur each week, the world’s top public health agencies have considered the pandemic phase of COVID-19 to be over for years.

A CDC study found that splash pads, or water playgrounds, have been linked to more than 10,000 cases of preventable waterborne illness between 1997 and 2022.

One in six hospitals that accepted pediatric patients in 2019 closed their pediatric services by 2021, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Despite being decades apart, the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics shared many lessons that can be applied to future pandemics and health emergencies, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, and his former chief of staff wrote in a new paper.

CHICAGO — U.S. out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates have improved since the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, researchers reported.

CHICAGO — The rate of deaths from CVD increased in rural areas and decreased in urban areas of the U.S. from 2010 to 2022, and the difference was especially pronounced amid the COVID-19 pandemic and among younger adults, researchers reported.

Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic but has not declined since its end, according to research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Cancer diagnoses fell significantly below expectations in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but recovered to projected levels the following year, according to results of a cross-sectional study.

Telemedicine access and use in rheumatology has fluctuated wildly over the last half decade, from near nonexistence through 2019 to its highwater mark during the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SAN DIEGO — Researchers reported a sudden decrease in all-cause hospitalization at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there was an increase in all-cause mortality in patients on maintenance dialysis.