A prescription from an emergency department physician helped speed antiviral administration.
Plaque growth can lead to a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life-threatening cardiovascular events for as long as 1 year.
Post-exertional malaise, or exercise intolerance, was seen in 36% of those with long COVID.
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In 2023, nearly half of all US COVID hospitalizations were among those ages 75 and older.
All patients were hospitalized when the Omicron variant was the most dominant strain in the United States.
Wastewater levels are still high, but like other markers are showing a downward trend.
Adding COVID-19–specific guidance to an established stewardship program helped cut antibiotic use by 29% after the first COVID surge.
The new findings come from the ongoing RECOVER trial and build on results seen in a 2023 trial.
A study suggesting that nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and molnupiravir don't prevent severe COVID-19 outcomes or long COVID is also being called into question.
The model considered both at-risk patients and those who would benefit most from treatments.
Patients exposed to a sick roommate or unit mate in the geriatric psychiatric unit were 6 times more likely to become infected.
Wastewater levels are still high, but some indicators such as hospitalizations trended downward.
Decisions about investing in building wastewater surveillance capacity should consider the vast economic and social cost of responding to infectious diseases not detected and arrested early, the authors say.
