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.

Health groups launch new projects investigating COVID-19’s lingering impact on the brain

One study out of the University of South Carolina will use MRI to examine patients who've been virus-free for 28 days.

COVID-19 patients should keep taking blood pressure medications during treatment, new research on mortality confirms

The new study, published in JAMA, focused on patient mortality after 30 days.

Telemedicine gaining fans in dermatology

Fewer than 10% of dermatology patients who were seen virtually during the COVID pandemic said they would not use teledermatology again—and only 7% said they’d not recommend telehealth to a friend.

COVID crisis kept parents away from pediatric ERs early on, may still be doing so

Almost a quarter of families would have balked before bringing an ill or injured child to the emergency department last spring, when COVID-19’s initial surge was underway in the U.S.

24% of heart failure patients hospitalized with COVID-19 die

The authors examined data from more than 1.2 million patients, tracking individuals who had previously been hospitalized for heart failure and then returned later due to COVID-19.

COVID-19 hospitalizing more children, raising new worries about resources

The national average increase over the study period was 760%—from 2.0 pediatric hospitalizations per 100,000 persons in May to 17.2 in November.

When hospitalized COVID-19 patients head home, the cardiovascular challenges continue

The research included data from more than 47,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Frontline healthcare workers maintaining mental resilience during COVID crisis

Researchers have found nonmedical working professionals bearing significantly more depression and anxiety these days than doctors and nurses working with or near COVID-19 patients.

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