Remote digital auscultation of heart and lungs acceptable alternative to standard physical examination for COVID-19 patients in quarantine wards
Children’s Mental Health Impacted by Adult COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Stress surrounding the pandemic declined in U.S. children after vaccinations were rolled out for adults
Only One in Five Parents Plan to Get COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Under 5 When Available
27 percent said they would ‘definitely not’ get their child vaccinated, 11 percent said they would do so only if required
Plant-Based Recombinant COVID-19 Vaccine Found to Be Effective
Vaccine efficacy ranged from 69.5 percent against symptomatic infection to 78.8 percent against moderate-to-severe disease
Australia’s Japanese Encephalitis Outbreak Turns Fatal
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported Australia’s recent Japanese Encephalitis (JE) outbreak continues spreading unabated.
The first human JE case was reported in early March 2022 from Queensland.
As of April 28, 2022, Australian health authorities reported a cumulative 37 human cases of Japanese encephalitis (25 laboratory-confirmed cases and 12 probable cases) and 3 related fatalities in four Australian states.
This outbreak represents the first locally-acquired JE cases detected on the Australian mainland since 1998.
Online Breathing Program Can Up Mental HRQoL in Long COVID
Significant improvement in mental health composite score, but not in physical composite score of health-related QoL
FDA Warns of Counterfeit Home COVID-19 Test Kits
Two fakes the FDA knows of are counterfeit Flowflex COVID-19 test kits and iHealth Antigen Rapid Test Kits
Herpes Zoster Risk Increased by 15% Following COVID-19
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, several case reports have been published describing Herpes Zoster (HZ) cases in COVID-19 patients.
As a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection can result in T-cell immune dysfunction, it was hypothesized that this could trigger latent HZ reactivation.
A recent peer-reviewed study was the first large, retrospective cohort study designed to investigate the hypothesis that COVID-19 could increase the risk of HZ.
Almost 30 Percent of COVID-19 Patients Develop ‘Long COVID’
Factors independently associated with PASC include hospitalization for COVID-19, having diabetes, and higher BMI
COVID-19 Pneumonia Hospitalization Tied to New-Onset Dementia
Rate significantly higher than seen with other pneumonias