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Testing positive for COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, U.S. CDC says

Mon, 2024-03-04 12:11 — mike kraft
COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, CDC says U.S. health officials say Americans with COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days. AP News

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday.

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Racial minorities in the U.S. have greater long-term harms from COVID-19 --study

Thu, 2024-02-01 12:43 — mike kraft
Racial minorities have greater long-term harms from COVID-19, data show A longitudinal study yesterday in Frontiers in Public Health shows Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) COVID-19 patients in America had greater post-COVID-19 burdens than non-Hispanic, white peers. CIDRAP

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Diagnosing COVID-19 vs RSV, Flu --some guidance

Thu, 2024-02-01 12:30 — mike kraft
Respiratory Virus Surge: Diagnosing COVID-19 vs RSV, Flu Amid the current winter wave surge of respiratory virus cases, how challenging is it for physician's to distinguish between, diagnose, and treat COVID-19 vs RSV and influenza? Kelly Wairimu Davis Medscape
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Religious people coped better with the COVID-19 pandemic, research suggests

Tue, 2024-01-30 20:08 — mike kraft
Religious people coped better with the COVID-19 pandemic, research suggests People of religious faith may have experienced lower levels of unhappiness and stress than secular people during the UK's COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, according to new University of Cambridge ... Science X Phys.org

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Advice for those who test positive for COVID

Tue, 2024-01-30 11:14 — mike kraft
Confused about Covid? Here’s how to behave in 2024 and what to do if you test positive Covid etiquette is ambiguous in the absence of advice from the UK Health Security Agency. Yahoo News

Dr Mark Faghy is an associate professor in respiratory physiology at the University of Derby and leads several research projects on the virus. He explains that we are not out of the woods yet.

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COVID patients with lower immunity showed varied viral clearance time --new studies

Tue, 2024-01-30 10:59 — mike kraft
New COVID studies show varied viral clearance time in patients with lower immunity Two new studies show immune-compromised patients, including those with cancer and HIV, have varied times until they clear the virus, with some at increased risk for persistent COVID-19 infections. CIDRAP

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Immunocompromised patients and COVID infections--new study on who is at risk

Fri, 2024-01-26 11:26 — mike kraft

 

Immunocompromised patients and COVID infections: Who's at risk? Early in the pandemic, clinicians noticed that certain immunocompromised patients were experiencing persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections, some lasting weeks to months at a time. Science X Medical Xpress

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Variety of studies on whether Paxlovid reduces long COVID

Thu, 2024-01-25 12:42 — mike kraft
Does Paxlovid prevent long COVID? Maybe, experts suggest Anthony Quintano/ Flickr cc CIDRAP
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Researchers looked at blood samples from the 40 who experienced long COVID symptoms, compared them to controls who were not infected with COVID-19, and found that those who had long COVID had evidence of inflammation (increased complement activity), blood

Thu, 2024-01-25 12:19 — mike kraft

 

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COVID-19 infection in pregnancy may raise baby's risk of respiratory illness--study

Thu, 2024-01-25 11:24 — mike kraft
COVID-19 infection in pregnancy may raise baby's risk of respiratory illness - UPI.com Babies born to COVID-infected mothers have triple the risk of developing a breathing disorder that normally affects preemies, a new study shows. UPI

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Researchers found that exposure to the coronavirus while in the womb increased a newborn's risk of respiratory distress syndrome by sparking an "inflammatory cascade" in the infants that affected their breathing. 

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