IDSA: Vaccination less likely with increasing social vulnerability, Black race
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HealthDay News
Oct 18, 2024
A lower likelihood of vaccination for flu, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV was seen with increasing quartile of social vulnerability index, especially for Black people.
Many more lives could have been saved with convalescent COVID-19 plasma
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HealthDay News
Oct 17, 2024
Per a recent study, ideal COVID-19 convalescent plasma use could have saved 234,869 lives and prevented 1,136,133 hospitalizations.
Assisted living employers cannot discriminate based on vaccination status, court rules
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 17, 2024
A Montana law prohibiting discrimination based on vaccination status now is in effect for assisted living communities and healthcare settings in the state after an appeals court reversed a lower court...
Risk for most cardiovascular events reduced after COVID-19 vaccination
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HealthDay News
Oct 16, 2024
And increased risk for myocarditis and pericarditis was seen one to two weeks after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination, however.
Disparities observed in mortality during COVID-19 pandemic
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HealthDay News
Oct 16, 2024
18.3% fewer deaths would have occurred had the rate of excess mortality seen in whites been the same in the total population.
Lithium aspartate not effective for neurologic long COVID fatigue
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HealthDay News
Oct 15, 2024
In a subsequent dose-finding study, numerically greater reductions were seen in fatigue and cognitive dysfunction scores with 40 to 45 mg/day.
Persistent markers of infection tied to higher likelihood of long COVID symptoms
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HealthDay News
Oct 10, 2024
One in five asymptomatic individuals were antigen-positive, versus half of those with ongoing cardiopulmonary, musculoskeletal and neurologic symptoms.
COVID-19 hospitalization equivalent to coronary artery disease for MACE risk
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HealthDay News
Oct 09, 2024
The risk for thrombotic events is higher in individuals with non-O blood types to a greater extent than those with blood type O.
Cancer incidence rates in 2021 indicate return to prepandemic levels
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HealthDay News
Sep 30, 2024
A recovery incorporating the delayed diagnoses from 2020 was not seen for overall cancer incidence.
Addressing vaccine misconceptions essential to increasing vaccination rates during respiratory virus...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 26, 2024
An even greater number of Americans than last year say they don’t plan to vaccinate themselves against COVID-19 or flu this year despite warnings from health experts about severe risks, according to...