SARS-Cov-2

Healio Pulmonology has compiled the top news on COVID-19 posted in 2023.

Wastewater surveillance can effectively detect upticks in viral respiratory infections, which could help identify outbreaks, another study has shown.

Long COVID can be difficult for primary care physicians to manage, but they are in a unique position to provide the best care for the condition, according to experts.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In this Healio video exclusive, Neslyne B. Augustin, MD, reviews the case of a patient with ulcerative colitis and concomitant SARS-CoV-2 infection, which she presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

Brain fog and other long COVID symptoms could arise from depleted serotonin triggered by persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in the gut, supporting the study of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for treatment of long COVID.

Enhanced infection prevention and control efforts during COVID-19 reduced the rates of some hospital infections at a comprehensive cancer center, including Clostridioides difficile and multidrug-resistant infections, according to a study.

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests rose by 19% during the COVID-19 pandemic in King County, Washington, yet data suggest pandemic-related changes in emergency medical services response and care — not the virus itself — affected survival.

Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases are as likely as the general population to contract COVID-19, but are at a higher risk for severe outcomes, including hospitalization and death, according to data.

Novavax on Tuesday said its updated COVID-19 vaccine candidate induced neutralizing antibodies against emerging SARS-CoV-2 subvariants in small animal and non-human primate studies.

Health care workers who picked their nose were three times as likely to acquire SARS-CoV-2 as those who did not, according to recent study results.