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Coinfections most common in young adults with COVID-19

The rates the researchers saw could serve as a baseline for gauging whether coinfections rates are shrinking or growing.

Stephanie Soucheray

Quick takes: India's COVID rise, bill to end health emergency heads to Biden, China ups focus on COVID data

India's cases are at the highest level in 6 months, as the US experiences a politically charged unwinding of its COVID health emergencies.

Lisa Schnirring

COVID during pregnancy might raise obesity risk in children

Babies born to moms who had COVID had lower BMIs at first, but weight rose steeply through infancy, a possible harbinger of problems in later life.

Lisa Schnirring

Study identifies SARS-CoV-2 variants with antiviral resistance mutations

The variants predate the use of the drugs, appeared independently in multiple world regions, and are capable of spreading.

Chris Dall

Study: Long COVID could involve factors other than SARS-CoV-2 infection

The authors said a range of factors--biological, psychological, or social--might trigger and maintain long COVID symptoms.

Lisa Schnirring

FDA expected to authorize second bivalent COVID booster for risk groups

The policy change would apply to those at highest risk, including people older than 65 and those with weakened immune systems.

Lisa Schnirring

UK COVID positivity differed by ethnic, religious, and social factors over time

The relative risks in some UK ethnic groups were higher earlier in the pandemic but shifted toward White, higher-income groups in a later wave.

Mary Van Beusekom

Quick takes: ECDC urges fall COVID boosters for risk groups, EUA for new monoclonal antibody, human trial results for Gilead COVID antiviral

The ECDC said though no clear seasonal circulation pattern has emerged, COVID's impact has been higher in the fall and winter.

Lisa Schnirring

Two infants born to COVID-infected mothers suffer severe brain damage

In the two rare cases, babies had seizures at birth, microcephaly, and developmental delays over time.

Mary Van Beusekom

COVID cases among infants born to infected moms 5 times higher amid Omicron

The authors said findings support the importance of vaccinating women during and after pregnancy.

Mary Van Beusekom

Meta-analysis reveals wide range of persistent long-COVID psychiatric symptoms

The top three conditions were anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Mary Van Beusekom

Kids' screen use rose amid COVID school closures, then fell but stayed elevated

Children's average weekday screen time rose an average of 1.35 hours during the first COVID-19 wave.

Mary Van Beusekom

White House to launch $5 billion program to improve COVID vaccines

The administration launches a plan to speed new COVID vaccines and treatments, and President Biden signs a law declaring the COVID-19 emergency over.

Lisa Schnirring

Study notes high rate of COVID-infected healthcare workers still caring for patients

Half of all healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID-19 continued to go to work, even if they were involved with direct patient care.

Stephanie Soucheray

Higher-dose corticosteroids tied to 60% more deaths in low-oxygen COVID patients

Researchers are also assessing if there are any benefits of a higher corticosteroid dose for patients on ventilators.

Mary Van Beusekom

Two thirds of nursing home residents, staff in England had COVID in first 2 years of pandemic

Participants included 1,794 nursing home residents and 3,385 workers.

Mary Van Beusekom

COVID vaccines saved at least 1 million lives in Europe, experts estimate

COVID-19 vaccination directly saved at least 1,004,927 lives across Europe from December 2020 to March 2023, according to new research.

Stephanie Soucheray

Experimental metabolic drug cuts fatigue in long-COVID patients

The investigational metabolic modulator AXA1125 was tied to significantly less physical and cognitive fatigue, a small study finds.

Mary Van Beusekom

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

Symptom-based testing identified long COVID in 30% of hospitalized patients and 17% of outpatients, whereas diagnostic codes captured only 2.6% and 0.5% of those cases.

Mary Van Beusekom

'Protect others' may be more effective message for COVID vaccine uptake

Public health messages that focus on protecting others are more effective at increasing vaccination rates than messages focused on protecting oneself, new research finds.

Stephanie Soucheray

Study: Severely ill COVID patients at 16 times higher risk for abnormally rapid heartbeat

COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation are 16 times more likely than non-severely ill peers to experience ventricular tachycardia, data show.

Mary Van Beusekom

Quick takes: Perceptions on childhood vaccines and low uptake in Africa, African mRNA vaccine hub

Reports from UNICEF and the WHO highlight COVID-19's impact on the public perception and distribution of childhood vaccines.

Lisa Schnirring

US prison population dropped early in pandemic, but not for Black inmates

A study shows how the COVID-19 pandemic revealed longstanding racial dynamics in prison sentencing.

Stephanie Soucheray

A third of US households used government-supplied at-home COVID tests

Among test users, nearly 1 in 4 said they wouldn't have tested if they didn't have the free tests.

Mary Van Beusekom

CDC finalizes COVID vaccine changes, paving way for extra bivalent doses for vulnerable groups

The move supports a recommendation from the Food and Drug Administration.

Lisa Schnirring

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