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New Long COVID Definition Proposed by National Academies
Infectious Disease > Long COVID — Committee urges adoption, says it will aid in consistent diagnosis, documentation, and treatment by Michael DePeau-Wilson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today June 11, 2024 A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) offers a new definition of long COVID in an effort to
2-in-1 shot for flu and COVID shows promise in advanced trial
The ongoing trial includes adults ages 50 and older. (Image credit: mixetto via Getty Images) An experimental two-in-one vaccine triggered strong immune responses against both the flu and SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, in an advanced clinical trial that included adults ages 50 and older. The ongoing clinical trial pits this new combination shot, called
Covid and Medicare Payments Spark Remote Patient Monitoring Boom
Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6 every morning, steps on the bathroom scale, and uses a cuff to take his blood pressure. The devices send those measurements electronically to his doctor in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and a health technology company based in New York, to help him control his high blood pressure.
There’s a New Covid-19 Variant and Cases Are Ticking Up. What Do You Need to Know?
It’s winter, that cozy season that brings crackling fireplaces, indoor gatherings — and a wave of respiratory illness. Nearly four years since the pandemic emerged, people are growing weary of dealing with it, but the virus is not done with us. Nationally, a sharp uptick in emergency room visits and hospitalizations for covid-19, influenza, and
How Long Are Kids With COVID Infectious?
Quizzes > Weekly News Quiz — You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz by MedPage Today Staff October 28, 2023 The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up
Schools cut covid-19 sick days by 20 per cent using HEPA air filters
Health Placing HEPA air filters into classrooms in the Bradford area of the UK reduced the number of covid-19-related absences among students by more than 20 per cent By Clare Wilson A HEPA filter in a classroom at Bowling Park Primary School in Bradford, UKUniversity of Leeds Air filter machines put into a handful of
Published October 12, 20238 min readJeremy Warner has had six shots of the COVID vaccines. He’s an oncologist at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he treats immunocompromised patients with cancer who are especially vulnerable to COVID-19. To keep his patients safe, Warner rolls up his sleeves as soon as the U.S. Food and
Why (and When) You Should Get Both a COVID Shot and a Flu Shot This Fall
The COVID shots of 2021—and even the bivalent booster you may have gotten recently—are no longer a great match for the strains of the virus that are going around. Fortunately, new versions of the vaccine will be available this fall. Flu shots are also still important, and RSV shots are available for the very young
I Just Got Over COVID. Do I Need an Updated Shot?
Special Reports > Exclusives — And if I do, how long should I wait? by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today September 19, 2023 Updated COVID shots are becoming available in the U.S. amid what appears to be a surge in cases -- leaving some to wonder whether they need an
Doc Who Said COVID Vax Magnetized People Has License Suspended
Special Reports > Features — Sherri Tenpenny, DO, "refused" to cooperate with investigation by Ohio's medical board by Michael DePeau-Wilson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today August 11, 2023 The State Medical Board of Ohio voted to suspend the medical license of Sherri Tenpenny, DO, on Wednesday, after she failed to cooperate with an investigation