COVID-19

Outside of the loss of human life due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past two years have greatly affected hospitals, health systems and the way providers deliver care. Healthcare executives are grappling with federal monetary assistance, growing burnout rates, workforce shortages and federal oversight of vaccines and testing. This channel is also designed to update clinicians on new research and guidelines regarding COVID patient treatment strategies and risk assessments.

ACIP meeting postponed after judge pauses RFK’s new vaccine recommendations
Judge Brian Murphy with the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts sided with the American Academy of Pediatrics and other plaintiffs who challenged the authority of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr to effectively remove the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices from the process put in place to make changes to CDC vaccine recommendations.
A ‘disquieting plateau’: Healthcare costs are up, but survival among heart patients stays the same
The cardiovascular mortality rate in the United States decreased dramatically from 2000 to 2011. Since then, however, it has remained relatively unchanged.
Moderna, FDA reach compromise to accelerate approval of mRNA flu vaccine
The dispute centered around the pharmaceutical company's request for the shot to be approved for those aged 65 and over, a demographic the FDA argued was not properly represented in a 40,000-person clinical study. The company has agreed to perform additional research after the shot goes to market, having appeased regulators with safety data.
PHOTO GALLERY: What does acute COVID-19 and long COVID look like on medical imaging?
This image gallery shows what the various clinical presentations associated with the COVID-19 and long COVID that have been documented during and after coronavirus pandemic.
Scientists discover link between Alzheimer's and long COVID on MRI scans
Imaging findings pertaining to the size of and blood flowing to the choroid plexus may be a common denominator between the two conditions.

Edward Fry, MD, is the 2022-23 ACC president.

VIDEO: ACC president shares his key takeaways from ACC 2022

American College of Cardiology (ACC) President Edward T. A. Fry, MD, of the Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, discusses the first in-person ACC meeting in three years and the impact of COVID-19 on cardiology practice.

A key update: 1 year later, no signs of long-term heart damage among college athletes who had COVID-19

More than 3,500 college athletes with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis were included in the new study. The median follow-up period was more than one full year.

Hospitals’ labor costs jump by one-third

Healthcare executives may need to do some creative thinking to manage the shrinking margins and labor shortages currently being seen throughout the industry.

Lung abnormalities completely resolve for majority of COVID pneumonia patients

A study published this week in Radiology found that 12 months after hospitalization for COVID pneumonia, 93% of patients’ lung abnormalities had cleared up on follow-up chest CT scans.

Kaiser Permanente reports nearly $1B loss over COVID surge

California-based health system Kaiser Permanente was slammed by a surge in COVID-19 cases during the first quarter of 2022, playing a role in a nearly $1 billion loss in the first three months of the year.

FDA limits use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine over blood clot risk

The move limits the vaccine to individuals 18 and older for whom other other authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccines are not accessible or clinically appropriate, as well as those 18 and older who would otherwise not receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Severe COVID-19 ages the brain 20 years

"We urgently need to look at what can be done to help these people," one researcher said.

Margins are improving, but hospitals face a long road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

Hospital and health systems saw incremental economic improvements in March, with rising margins and fewer COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

COVID-19

ACIP meeting postponed after judge pauses RFK’s new vaccine recommendations

A ‘disquieting plateau’: Healthcare costs are up, but survival among heart patients stays the same

Moderna, FDA reach compromise to accelerate approval of mRNA flu vaccine

PHOTO GALLERY: What does acute COVID-19 and long COVID look like on medical imaging?

Scientists discover link between Alzheimer's and long COVID on MRI scans