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.

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More than half of COVID survivors struggle to shake off direct, indirect symptoms

A systematic review of 57 studies representing more than a quarter-million COVID cases has turned up some distressing statistics on survivors—not least those considered “long-haulers.”  

Voice of herd immunity pipes up after hiding in plain sight

Is an Amish community in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County the first U.S. subpopulation to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19?

Primary care’s plea: ‘Wake up to the fact that [we] are key to getting us [all] out of this prolonged pandemic’

A reversal in COVID telehealth reimbursement could further demoralize a medical specialty that has arguably carried more than its own weight during the public health crisis.

COVID’s ‘mysterious 2-month cycle’ may point to its own end

As COVID-19 continues its latest falloff, close observers are trying to unravel the mystery of the virus’s repeating two-month cycles of surges and retreats.

Ultraviolet light form emerges as a sure yet safe COVID slayer

Researchers have found a particular wavelength of UV light that can kill COVID-19 without harming people’s skin or eyes.

Panic buttons for hospital workers — passing COVID fad or new but permanent normal?

Faced with sharply spiking assault rates against nurses and other frontline healthcare workers, one U.S. medical center is equipping hundreds of its people with wearables that can summon security at the click of a button.

WHO relaunches investigation into COVID-19 origin

The World Health Organization is relaunching an investigation into the origin of the virus that causes COVID-19.

 

FDA approves Pfizer booster shot for older adults

The Food and Drug Administration has approved booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

 

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