A 5-year cross-sectional study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open shows the absolute rates of delirium among hospitalized older adults increased from 35.9 per 1,000 admitted population during the years immediately preceding the pandemic, to 41.5 per 1,000 admitted…
With levels still very low, some indicators federal health officials use to track COVID-19 activity, such as hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits showed more small rises, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease…
A survey given to Americans in December of 2021 shows whether or not recipients had been infected with COVID-19 before or after vaccination against the virus greatly influenced their opinion of the vaccines. The study is…
A firefighting helicopter crashed in California’s Riverside County while battling a brush fire in the region, the media reported on Monday. According to the Los Angeles-based KABC-TV station, the accident occurred late Sunday night while…
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a significant increase in antibiotic use in US hospitals early in the COVID-19 pandemic, with smaller upticks observed during subsequent COVID-19 surges. The…
New Delhi: With no noticeable symptoms, making it hard to detect until complications arise, blood pressure (BP) is a silent killer increasingly affecting Indians, both young and old, said doctors here. The World Health Organisation…
Two new studies detail COVID-19 transmission in schools, with one finding a low secondary attack rate during two periods in Massachusetts school districts and another tying nearly half of student and staff infections to school contacts in Italy.…
Mahesh Hiranandani In my 30 years of clinical practice, I have witnessed India, a nation struggling with poverty and malnutrition, record the second-highest number of obese children in the world at 1.8 crore in 2020.…
A case report published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlights the role of the hospital water environment in the transmission of highly resistant, difficult-to-treat pathogens. The report by researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Today, a Brown University–led team reports in JAMA Network Open that older people are at lower risk of adverse events after receipt of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine than the Pfizer/BioNTech version but emphasizes that the overall risk is very…
