SARS-Cov-2

Around 18 months after the first adults began receiving COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, the FDA authorized and the CDC recommended vaccines for children as young as age 6 months.

In a recent survey, 42% of women said they experienced heavier menstrual bleeding following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.

Patients with asthma treated with biologics did not have higher rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection than the general population, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

In a new study, data made available upon admission identified about 80% of patients with COVID-19 who had low-risk pneumonia.

Antibodies produced in response to COVID-19 may mistakenly target cells essential to the blood-brain barrier, which can cause bleeds and clots in patients and increase the risk for stroke, researchers reported in Brain.

There was no association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, according to a prospective cohort study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

New research seems to help explain the biology behind long COVID symptoms like brain fog and increased anxiety and depression.

In this week’s edition, CAR-T ‘robustly effective’ in younger patients with deadly form of brain cancer; SARS-CoV-2 linked to range of neurological diseases; Increased mortality risk for men with type 1 diabetes, regardless of cognitive ability; and more.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with inflammatory bowel disease experienced reduced symptom frequency and severity after a third SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine compared with after a second, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sleep disturbances were found to be highly prevalent and pervasive in patients with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, Cinthya Pena Orbea, MD, said at the SLEEP meeting.