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Factors Tied to Severe COVID-19 in Children Identified

Apr 27, 2021

TUESDAY, April 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- One in three children hospitalized with COVID-19 experience severe illness, which is associated with younger children, male patients, and those with a chron...

Shift Work Linked to Increased Risk for COVID-19 Illness

Apr 27, 2021

TUESDAY, April 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Shift work is associated with an increased risk for significant COVID-19 illness, according to a study published online April 26 in Thorax. Robert Maidst...

Millions of Americans Have Missed Their Second COVID-19 Vaccine Dose: CDC

Apr 27, 2021

MONDAY, April 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than 5 million Americans have missed the second dose of their COVID-19 vaccine, new government data show. The trend seems to be growing. According to...

U.S. Will Help India in Fight Against COVID-19: Biden

Apr 27, 2021

MONDAY, April 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The United States will help India as it struggles with a massive wave of COVID-19 cases, President Joe Biden said Sunday. "Just as India sent assistance t...

COVID-19 Vaccinations Now Mandatory for Houston Methodist Hospital Workers

Apr 27, 2021

MONDAY, April 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- All 26,000 Houston Methodist workers must get a COVID-19 shot by June 7 or risk losing their jobs, making it the first U.S. hospital system to make vaccinati...

Doctors Scramble to Understand Long Covid, but Causes and Prognosis Are Elusive

Apr 27, 2021

One night in March 2020, Joy Wu felt like her heart was going to explode. She tried to get up and fell down. She didn’t recognize friends’ names in her list of phone contacts. Remembering ...

Combatting the Stress Endured by First Responders of Organ Donation

Apr 26, 2021

As our national celebration of Donate Life Month draws to a close, it’s important to remember what the frontline workers of organ, eye, and tissue donation will be doing next month—and every month...

Severe Maternal Morbidity, Mortality Up With COVID-19 in Pregnancy

Apr 26, 2021

FRIDAY, April 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 in pregnancy is associated with increased severe maternal morbidity and mortality, according to a study published online April 22 in JAMA Pediatrics...

Single-Dose Ad26.COV2.S Effective Against COVID-19

Apr 26, 2021

FRIDAY, April 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A single dose of human adenovirus type 26 vector encoding full-length severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 spike protein (Ad26.COV2.S) protects ag...

FDA Moves to Resume Use of J&J COVID Vaccine

Apr 26, 2021

FRIDAY, April 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday lifted the temporary pause it had placed on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and said it will add a...

COVID-19-Related Medical Mistrust Can Impact Inequities among Black People With HIV

Apr 26, 2021

Medical mistrust among Black Americans, resulting from systemic racism and a history of unequal treatment in healthcare, may play a role in COVID-19 inequities, specifically among Black Americans livi...

Covid-19: Delay 2nd mRNA Vax Dose?

Apr 26, 2021

Rapid distribution of first dose, delaying second may have public health benefits Delaying the second dose of the mRNA-1273 (Moderna) and BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) Covid-19 vaccines for 9 to 15 we...

FDA, CDC Greenlight J&J Covid-19 Vax After Pause

Apr 26, 2021

Vaccine benefits outweigh thrombosis/thrombocytopenia concerns Updated 4/23/21 at 7:55 pm ET. The FDA and CDC announced they are lifting the pause on use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 va...

Guidance Updated for Assessing Allergy Risk of COVID-19 Vaccines

Apr 23, 2021

THURSDAY, April 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In an editorial published online April 15 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, an updated pre-COVID-19 vaccine risk stratificati...

Biden Gives Businesses Incentives to Help Workers Get COVID-19 Shots

Apr 23, 2021

THURSDAY, April 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As demand for COVID-19 vaccination in the United States shows signs of declining, President Joe Biden on Wednesday offered businesses new incentives to hel...

Fake Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines Being Sold Online

Apr 23, 2021

THURSDAY, April 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Counterfeit versions of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are being sold online, the company warns. It said fake versions of the vaccines were found in Mexico...

One COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Wasted for Every 850 Used: CDC Data

Apr 23, 2021

THURSDAY, April 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- One dose of COVID-19 vaccine was thrown out for every 850 doses administered in the United States, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

ENSEMBLE: Clotting Incidence Low With Ad26.COV2.S Covid-19 Vaccine, But Higher Than Placebo

Apr 23, 2021

Phase III trial confirms vaccine efficacy and outlines adverse event profile As prospects for the Ad26.COV2.S single-shot Covid-19 vaccine remain uncertain in the United States, peer-reviewed data fr...

Covid-19 Increases Pregnancy Complication Risk

Apr 23, 2021

International study confirms link to worse outcomes Having Covid-19 during pregnancy was associated with worse outcomes, such as maternal mortality, preeclampsia, and preterm birth, in an internati...

Covid-19: Early CDC Data Show No Vaccine Safety Signals in Pregnant Women

Apr 23, 2021

Continued monitoring is critical, officials say Preliminary data from a U.S. CDC Covid-19 mRNA vaccine safety study show no obvious safety signals in close to 36,000 women vaccinated during pregnancy...

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