SARS-Cov-2
Study of health workers links nose-picking to SARS-CoV-2 infection
Health care workers who pick their nose were around three times more likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2 than those who did not, a small study conducted at two hospitals in the Netherlands found.
Azithromycin ups risk for acute HF, death in patients with prior CVD, COVID-19
Use of azithromycin was associated with acute heart failure among patients with a history of CVD hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with standard care, researchers in Europe reported.
Symptoms, outcomes worse in IBD patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 early in pandemic
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the first and second waves of the pandemic experienced different symptoms and outcomes, consistent with those of the general population in Italy, researchers reported.
Among younger adults, Paxlovid shows benefits for some but not others
Paxlovid lowers the risk for severe COVID-19 among younger vaccinated adults with at least one serious comorbidity, researchers found, although their study did not see the same benefit for patients without medical comorbidities.
'Simple steps' to improve sleep could help prevent long COVID
Having healthy sleep before being infected with SARS-CoV-2 may help protect against long COVID, according to the results of research published in JAMA Network Open.
How would you grade the CDC’s and FDA’s performance during the pandemic?
The FDA gets an A– for moving relatively quickly to get test kits approved and gearing up for vaccine approval, although with less urgency for children.
Hearts from donors with COVID-19 at time of death may confer worse survival for recipients
Transplant recipients with donor hearts from people who had active COVID-19 at time of death had worse 6-month and 1-year survival outcomes than those who had hearts from donors recovered from or without COVID-19, researchers reported.
Without ‘uniform definition’ for long COVID, prevention of infection may be best strategy
DESTIN, Fla. — The long COVID epidemic continues to raise more questions than answers for rheumatologists, and while there are no definite solutions, data regarding prevention is painting a clear picture, according to a speaker here.
Top in ID: STD epidemic worsens; SARS-CoV-2 surged in hospitals
The number of reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in the United States increased between 2020 and 2021, CDC data show.
Metformin reduces SARS-CoV-2 viral load, study finds
SEATTLE —SARS-CoV-2 viral loads were more than four times lower among participants in a phase 3 trial who received the diabetes drug metformin than among those who received placebo, according to findings presented at a medical conference.