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The risk of a range of neurologic conditions rose significantly in the year after COVID-19 infection among a group of US veterans—regardless of whether they had required hospitalization, according to a study published yesterday in Nature Medicine.
The WHO says the outbreak location and its mobile population pose a risk of further spread.
Steady drops in new cases continue in North America and Europe, resulting in a 22% overall decline.
One study reveals signs of autoimmune disease in 41% of blood samples 1 year after recovery.
MRI reveals lung damage in children who either had COVID-19 up to a year earlier or have long COVID.
A studye suggests human, animal, and environmental exposures may all play a role.
A study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases demonstrates that previous Omicron BA.1 infection was the most protective factor against BA.2 infection (associated with a risk reduction of 72%) and gave greater protection than primary infection with pre-Omicron SARS-CoV-2 (38%) or three doses of an mRNA vaccine in people with no previous infection (46%).
Biopharmaceutical company Spero Therapeutics announced today that it has entered into a licensing agreement with GSK for the antibiotic tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide (HBr).
After a 5-week drop, global COVID-19 cases stabilized last week, though deaths continued to decline, the WHO says.
"We are only beginning to understand the toll of the pandemic on HCW well-being."
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically worsened disparities in all-cause death rates for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN), Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander (NHOPI), and Black Americans and eroded mortality advantages for Asian and Hispanic groups, finds a study published yesterday in PNAS.
A new report from Scotland's national health service shows that three key healthcare-associated infections remained stable or declined from 2020 to 2021.
Multiple factors may be keeping these vulnerable populations from obtaining and using antibiotics appropriately.
Healthcare workers in lower-paying roles, however, were more likely to face unemployment.
The outbreak includes 1 confirmed fatal case and 8 suspected infections in people who are receiving medical care.
Boston public schools (BPS) yesterday announced the first monkeypox case in an "adult member of the BPS community," according to a letter sent to parents. The school district said the person was isolating at home, and the district was working to identify exposed individuals.
At a routine press briefing today, two White House officials fielded questions about President Joe Biden's recent off-the-cuff comment during a news program that the pandemic is over, while acknowledging that COVID is still a problem.
One of the Florida infant's 4 caretakers reported high-risk activities before the baby contracted monkeypox.
Moderna's 2-strain booster triggered stronger antibody responses that its original booster did.
