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Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests

… Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, … Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, … analysis suggests Teaser image Teaser text Study looks at COVID’s impact on national economies, healthcare systems, … markets, and quality of life. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Byline Laine Bergeson Body A brief communication …
Laine Bergeson
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Pre-infection COVID vaccination linked to lower odds of lingering symptoms

… Pre-infection COVID vaccination linked to lower odds of lingering symptoms … Pre-infection COVID vaccination linked to lower odds of lingering symptoms … in Nature Communications suggests that pre-infection COVID-19 vaccination was tied to a lower likelihood of … records of patients at 11 sites who tested positive for COVID-19, covering about 1 year starting on August 1, 2021. …
Mary Van Beusekom

Symptom-based diagnosis captures more long-COVID cases than ICD-10 definition

… Symptom-based diagnosis captures more long-COVID cases than ICD-10 definition … Symptom-based diagnosis captures more long-COVID cases than ICD-10 definition Body An observational … and older finds that symptom-based testing identified long COVID in 30% of hospitalized patients and 17% of outpatients. …
Mary Van Beusekom

Study: Black cancer patients have much higher rates of COVID hospital stays

… Study: Black cancer patients have much higher rates of COVID hospital stays … Study: Black cancer patients have much higher rates of COVID hospital stays Teaser image Teaser text This is the … the effect of chronic diseases on racial disparity in COVID-associated hospitalizations, the authors say. …
Stephanie Soucheray
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Death certificate analysis pushes European COVID toll 18% to 27% higher than official records

… Death certificate analysis pushes European COVID toll 18% to 27% higher than official records … Death certificate analysis pushes European COVID toll 18% to 27% higher than official records Body Victoria Pickering / Flickr cc The proportion of COVID-19 deaths in central Europe in 2020 and 2021 would have …
Mary Van Beusekom

Long COVID primary care visits marked by breathing, sleeping problems

… Long COVID primary care visits marked by breathing, sleeping … Long COVID primary care visits marked by breathing, sleeping … Teaser image Teaser text Primary care visits for long COVID represented only 12% of patient visits after COVID-19 infection.   Infectious disease topics COVID-19 …
Stephanie Soucheray
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Pediatric long-COVID levels hold steady in US, result in activity limitations

… Pediatric long-COVID levels hold steady in US, result in activity limitations … Pediatric long-COVID levels hold steady in US, result in activity … 2023, 1.4% of children surveyed had ever experienced long-COVID symptoms. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Byline …
Stephanie Soucheray
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Study suggests kids with severe COVID-19 have lasting metabolic changes

… Study suggests kids with severe COVID-19 have lasting metabolic changes … Study suggests kids with severe COVID-19 have lasting metabolic changes Teaser image Teaser … for long-term problems. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Byline Stephanie Soucheray, MA Body A new study …
Stephanie Soucheray
sick kid

Cancer patients saw higher mortality from COVID-19

… Cancer patients saw higher mortality from COVID-19 … Cancer patients saw higher mortality from COVID-19 Teaser image Teaser text Cancer patients and the general public had different peaks of COVID-19 mortality. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Byline …
Stephanie Soucheray
cancer patient

3 vaccine doses cut long-COVID risk by over 60%, analysis suggests

… 3 vaccine doses cut long-COVID risk by over 60%, analysis suggests … 3 vaccine doses cut long-COVID risk by over 60%, analysis suggests Teaser image Teaser … sex, age, or previous infection. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Byline Mary Van Beusekom, MS Body In a Swedish …
Mary Van Beusekom
Woman with long COVID

Uncertainty about long COVID lingers years after the pandemic began

… Uncertainty about long COVID lingers years after the pandemic began … Uncertainty about long COVID lingers years after the pandemic began Teaser image … themselves as permanently sick or disabled had long COVID.   Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Byline Stephanie …
Stephanie Soucheray
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Pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 less likely to be hospitalized or deliver prematurely, new data show

… Pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 less likely to be hospitalized or deliver … Pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 less likely to be hospitalized or deliver … Teaser text The study confirms the safety and benefits of COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women at a time when federal …
Liz Szabo
A pregnant woman receives a COVID-19 vaccination.

COVID vaccination saved more than 5,000 US lives in 7 months in 2023-24, CDC estimates

… COVID vaccination saved more than 5,000 US lives in 7 months … COVID vaccination saved more than 5,000 US lives in 7 months … deaths may have been prevented. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Byline Mary Van Beusekom, MS Body COVID-19 vaccination averted more than 5,000 US in-hospital …
Mary Van Beusekom
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Research shows 1 in 10 infected pregnant women develop long COVID

… Research shows 1 in 10 infected pregnant women develop long COVID … Research shows 1 in 10 infected pregnant women develop long COVID Body Milan Markovic / iStock New research presented at … week suggests that 1 in 10 pregnant women who contract COVID-19 during pregnancy develop long COVID. The study …
Stephanie Soucheray

Long COVID tied to substantial loss in work productivity

… Long COVID tied to substantial loss in work productivity … Long COVID tied to substantial loss in work productivity Body … work productivity losses in people living with long-COVID symptoms for 2 or more years.   The findings come from … completion was 28 months. Participants with ongoing long-COVID symptoms were more likely to be female, older, White, …
Stephanie Soucheray

VA study shows COVID more severe than RSV, flu

… VA study shows COVID more severe than RSV, flu … VA study shows COVID more severe than RSV, flu Teaser image Teaser text By 180 days, the COVID-19 death rate reached 3.1% in the 2022-23 season and 2.9% in the 2023-24 season. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Influenza, General Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) …
Stephanie Soucheray
flu, RSV, COIVD

COVID reinfection may raise risk of persistent symptoms by 35%

… COVID reinfection may raise risk of persistent symptoms by 35% … COVID reinfection may raise risk of persistent symptoms by … Teaser image Teaser text The cumulative incidence of long COVID among reinfected and non-reinfected participants was … post-index year, respectively. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Byline Mary Van Beusekom, MS Body US adults …
Mary Van Beusekom
Woman with long COVID in office

Common diabetes drug shown to prevent long COVID

… Common diabetes drug shown to prevent long COVID … Common diabetes drug shown to prevent long COVID Teaser image Teaser text The reduction in risk may warrant clinicians using metformin for COVID-19 patients sooner rather than later. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Byline Stephanie Soucheray, MA Body A 14-day course …
Stephanie Soucheray
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COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection for cancer patients, but uptake remains low

… COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection for cancer … COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection for cancer … a lower risk of hospitalization. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Byline Stephanie Soucheray, MA Body Today, JAMA … Oncology published two studies and a research letter on COVID-19 and cancer, including a retrospective cohort study …
Stephanie Soucheray
cancer covid

TB-COVID co-infections increasingly common, tied to worse outcomes, data show

… TB-COVID co-infections increasingly common, tied to worse … TB-COVID co-infections increasingly common, tied to worse … of 17 studies reveals that tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 co-infection are becoming increasingly prevalent … death rates gradually declining but remaining higher than COVID-19 infection alone. The study was published yesterday …
Stephanie Soucheray

4 in 10 Minnesota COVID survivors report having at least 1 lingering symptom

… 4 in 10 Minnesota COVID survivors report having at least 1 lingering symptom … 4 in 10 Minnesota COVID survivors report having at least 1 lingering symptom Body Fizkes / iStock Over 40% of Minnesota COVID-19 survivors interviewed reported having one or more …
Mary Van Beusekom

People with immune impairment accounted for 22% of COVID hospital stays, deaths, study suggests

… People with immune impairment accounted for 22% of COVID hospital stays, deaths, study suggests … People with immune impairment accounted for 22% of COVID hospital stays, deaths, study suggests Body Evgeniy … people in England in 2023 yet represented 22% of both COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths, according to new …
Mary Van Beusekom

Study: COVID Omicron deaths 3 times higher than for flu, but risks for severe cases similar

… Study: COVID Omicron deaths 3 times higher than for flu, but risks … Study: COVID Omicron deaths 3 times higher than for flu, but risks … stays for both illnesses. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Byline Mary Van Beusekom, MS Body Rates of … adults hospitalized in Switzerland with healthcare-linked COVID-19 or influenza infections during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron …
Mary Van Beusekom
Flu or COVID patient in hospital

Trump administration axes COVID funding for state, community health departments

… Trump administration axes COVID funding for state, community health departments … Trump administration axes COVID funding for state, community health departments Teaser … awarded to state and community health departments for COVID-19 response. Infectious disease topics COVID-19 Public …
Chris Dall
COVID testing

Rate of Americans reporting long-COVID symptoms declining

… Rate of Americans reporting long-COVID symptoms declining … Rate of Americans reporting long-COVID symptoms declining Teaser image Teaser text Data show the share of Americans reporting long COVID has dropped over the past 6 months, while another study …
Chris Dall
Fatigued woman

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