The WHO COVID-19 emergency committee is meeting today to discuss if the situation still warrants a public health emergency of international concern.
More parents were very likely to vaccinate their kids after reading messages saying that other trusted parents have done so or that the vaccine is safe.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, says she will leave the agency at the end of June.
The rare cases of myocarditis among recipients of mRNA vaccines are caused by a generalized immune-cell and inflammatory response, researchers say.
They say accelerated use of the products during the COVID-19 pandemic could pose health risks, such as antimicrobial resistance.
Cognitive behavioral therapy lessens fatigue and improves concentration among long-COVID patients.
The CDC updated its interim recommendations for infection prevention and control for healthcare personnel.
A small study in patients with post-COVID syndrome has found that hyperbaric oxygen therapy promotes restoration of the heart's ability to contract properly.
Maternal stress and depression amid the COVID-19 pandemic can alter the structure, texture, and other characteristics of the placenta, study finds.
Obesity accelerates the loss of COVID-19 vaccine-induced neutralizing antibody capacity, concludes a study of 3.6 million adults.
The study was based on data collected from 4.8 million people who received at least one dose of the Moderna vaccine.
An analysis of nearly 3 years of patient data finds no evidence of major changes in the level of inappropriate or repeat antibiotic prescribing in primary care.
A lower proportion of infants with COVID-19 had co-occurring UTIs, bacteremia without meningitis, and bacterial meningitis.
The economic burden of healthcare worker infections ranged from $2 million in Eswatini to $163 million in South Africa.
A lack of exposure to respiratory syncytial virus in the first 2 years of COVID-19 may have led to the global resurgence of the virus in 2022 and 2023.
COVID-19 patients had a longer hospital stay and a 69% higher mortality rate than ICU patients with influenza.
Transplant patients who receive a heart from a COVID-19–infected donor may be at greater risk for death, with the risk doubled at 1 year.
A review of 27 studies reveals that dogs have more than 80% sensitivity and more than 90% specificity for detecting COVID-19 in people through scent.
Among 136 Americans who reported receiving an incentive to get vaccinated against COVID-19, 64% said they would have done so anyway.
Clots were seen in multiple arteries in close to 30% of patients with COVID-19 at the time of their heart attack, but in less than 5% of heart-attack patients who did not have COVID-19.
The incidence of new-onset type 1 diabetes was almost double in kids diagnosed as having COVID-19.
Pre-infection COVID-19 vaccination was tied to a lower likelihood of persistent symptoms 45 days after infection.
Excess deaths were 22%, 22%, and 25% above baseline in low-, medium-, and high-vaccination states in the first year of the pandemic, but 23%, 22%, and 16%, respectively, in the second.
Experts from the Annenberg Public Policy Center prefer "Vaccination Safety Monitor" or "Vaccination Safety Watch" over VAERS.
Data suggest an increased risk of new-onset mental illness only in SARS-CoV-2–positive patients aged 70 and older.
