Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Myocarditis is present in a small percentage of competitive athletes after COVID-19 infection, even in those without symptoms, new research suggests. In a cohort study of…
Read MorePorn Use Spiked During the Pandemic
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Move over, Netflix. You’re not the only video streaming outfit to benefit from the COVID-19 lockdown. In findings likely to surprise no one, new research shows…
Read MoreMother-to-Infant COVID-19 Transmission Is Unlikely
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Mothers exposed to COVID-19 during pregnancy are not likely to transmit the infection to their newborns, data from more than 2,000 women suggest. “Uncertainty at the…
Read MoreHIMSS to Require COVID-19 Vaccination Proof at Annual Conference
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has adopted a “vaccination required” approach for all attendees, exhibitors, and staff at HIMSS21, its annual convention, which…
Read MorePalliative Care in COVID: How One Hospital Met the Challenge
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Restrictions due to COVID-19 created new challenges for maintaining the values of palliative care and educating medical students about it during the pandemic, Clarissa Johnston, MD,…
Read MoreModerna COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Works Against Two Variants
Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Moderna SARS-CoV-2 vaccine booster developed specifically with variant B.1.351 in mind shows efficacy against that strain and the P1 variant among people already vaccinated for COVID-19, according…
Read MoreVirus Cases Plunge and LA, San Francisco Come Back to Life
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Angeleno Wine Co. reopened its tasting room, co-owner Amy Luftig Viste teared up seeing old friends reunited for the first time…
Read MoreDoctors More Likely to Prescribe Opioids to COVID ‘Long Haulers,’ Raising Addiction Fears
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Covid survivors are at risk from a separate epidemic of opioid addiction, given the high rate of painkillers being prescribed to these patients, health experts say….
Read MoreCOVID-19 Infection Conveys Imperfect Immunity in Young Adults
Do your patients think that getting COVID-19 is fully protective against subsequent reinfection? Tell it to the Marines. A study of U.S. Marine recruits on their way to boot camp at Parris Island, S.C., showed that those who were seropositive…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Prolongs QT Interval Independent of Other Factors
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 infection is associated with a significant increase in the corrected QT interval (QTc) in hospitalized patients, independent of common clinical factors associated with QTc prolongation,…
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