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Released: 12-Apr-2021 8:55 AM EDT
Confused About What to Do After a COVID Exposure? Start Here
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A guide to testing, quarantining, isolating and returning to work or school, depending on whether you’ve gotten vaccinated fully, partly or not at all, and your own history with COVID.

Released: 12-Apr-2021 7:05 AM EDT
COVID-19 pandemic highlights the urgent global need to control air pollution
Beth Israel Lahey Health

More than 91 percent of the world’s population lives in areas that exceed air quality guidelines recommended by the World Health Organization, and more people are impacted by worsening air quality each year. Ambient air pollution – including potentially harmful pollutants such as small particles and toxic gases emitted by industries, households, cars and trucks – has been shown to worsen viral respiratory infections. Now, new studies are showing a similar association between ambient air pollution and worse COVID-19 outcomes.

Released: 12-Apr-2021 3:05 AM EDT
Vaccinating 3,000 People in 3 Saturdays: An Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination Equity for Black Neighborhoods
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Nationwide, the rollout for the COVID-19 vaccine has been inequitable, with white individuals being vaccinated at higher rates compared to Black individuals.

2-Apr-2021 9:00 AM EDT
The Impact of COVID-19 on People with Kidney Failure
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

• Among patients undergoing dialysis, the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations peaked between March 22 and April 25, and it was 40-times higher than the rate in the general population. • Compared before the COVID-19 pandemic, the risks of dying from any cause were 17% and 30% higher during the second quarter of 2020 among patients receiving dialysis and patients with kidney transplants, respectively. • COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates both exhibited racial disparities.

Released: 8-Apr-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Young People and Those Without a High School Degree More Likely to Suffer Untreated Mental Health Disorders
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

People between ages 18 and 29 and those without a high school degree are more likely to experience anxiety or depression during the pandemic and also are least likely to seek mental health treatment, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that surveyed nearly 800,000 households from August 2020 to February 2021.

   
Released: 7-Apr-2021 4:00 PM EDT
The Medical Minute: When you’re in it for the long haul with COVID-19
Penn State Health

For a small group of COVID-19 survivors, often referred to as “long haulers,” fatigue, shortness of breath, dizziness, gastrointestinal symptoms, anxiety and depression can persist for months and can range from mild to incapacitating.

Released: 7-Apr-2021 3:00 PM EDT
Getting into the Swing of Golf Season: Tips to Prevent Injury and Up Your Game
Hospital for Special Surgery

With golf season here and the excitement of the Masters Tournament, many recreational golfers are getting ready to tee off. They may want to play as much as they can right away - not always a good idea if someone has been inactive all winter. HSS doctors offers tips to play safely and get the most out of the game.

Released: 7-Apr-2021 11:00 AM EDT
Story Tips from Johns Hopkins Experts on COVID-19
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Coping with childhood anxiety amid returning to the classroom; new global tracker measures pandemic's impact on education worldwide; Covid-19 drives innovation and evolution in patient care...

Released: 7-Apr-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Michigan Medicine Helps Lead National Study on How Highly Allergic People React to Covid 19 Vaccine
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Researchers at Michigan Medicine are helping lead the first national study of how highly allergic people react to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The trial, co-led by a U-M immunologist, will cover over 3,000 participants receiving the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at up to 35 academic allergy research centers across the United States.

Released: 7-Apr-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Caught in the act: New data about COVID-19 virus’s functions could aid in treatment designs
Argonne National Laboratory

For the first time, a team of researchers has captured X-ray images of a critical enzyme of the COVID-19 virus performing its function. This discovery could improve design of new treatments against the disease.

   
5-Apr-2021 12:55 PM EDT
Study Examines Antibody Response to COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Kidney Failure
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

• Most patients with kidney failure who were undergoing hemodialysis developed a positive antibody response after being vaccinated for COVID-19, but their response was lower than that of individuals without kidney disease.

Released: 6-Apr-2021 8:55 AM EDT
Chula Successfully Trains the First “Sniffer Dogs to Find People Infected with COVID-19” in Thailand
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn Veterinary Science (CUVET) unveils its latest effort in training a pack of sniffer dogs to detect people with COVID–19. The project first six reached 95% accuracy, and are ready for duty at airports in support of the normal screening process.

   
Released: 6-Apr-2021 8:00 AM EDT
COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights the Urgent Global Need to Control Air Pollution
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

A new commentary published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides an exhaustive examination of published research that discusses whether air pollution may be linked to worse COVID-19 outcomes. The studies that the authors examined look at several potential disease mechanisms, and also at the relationship between pollution, respiratory viruses and health disparities.

Released: 6-Apr-2021 8:00 AM EDT
Winners announced in second round of theKidneyX COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Today, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) announced seven winners in Round 2 of the KidneyX COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge. From December to January, healthcare providers, dialysis centers, nonprofit health systems, and other entrants submitted solutions that could reduce the transmission of coronavirus among people with kidney disease and/or reduce the risk of kidney damage among people who contract the virus.

Released: 5-Apr-2021 4:40 PM EDT
Rutgers Begins COVID-19 Prevalence Study in Newark
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers will help determine the prevalence of the coronavirus in Newark, one of the cities hardest hit by the pandemic, as part of the National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) response to the deadly global outbreak.

   
Released: 5-Apr-2021 4:05 PM EDT
RADx diversifies COVID-19 test portfolio with four new contracts, including one to detect variants
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIH has awarded four additional contracts for the development and scaled-up manufacturing of new COVID-19 diagnostic testing technologies through its Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Tech (RADx) initiative. The awards total $29.3 million and will help increase testing capacity for COVID-19.

   
31-Mar-2021 2:45 PM EDT
Health Policy Researchers Propose Filling Health Care Coverage Gap to Help ‘Near Poor’
Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh

“Near-poor” Americans – people just above the federal poverty level but still well below the average U.S. income – who rely on Medicare for health insurance face high medical bills and may forgo essential health care, according to new research.



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