Researchers have published new data in the American Journal of Epidemiology showing that COVID-19 led to shortened life expectancies across the United States and exacerbated existing racial disparities compared to 20 high-income peer countries, a phenomenon the authors called…
Shelley Walia There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but it must be taken because conscience tells him it is right. — Martin Luther…
Melbourne: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur was the only player from the country selected in the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) overseas draft, held on Sunday. She was placed in the platinum category of the…
High levels of two blood biomarkers during infection could predict cognitive dysfunction, or "brain fog," among COVID-19 survivors 6 and 12 months after hospitalization, according to a UK study published yesterday in Nature Medicine. The findings, the authors…
All of the indicators that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses to track COVID-19 activity increased in recent week, amid growing proportions of newer XBB variants, especially EG.5. In other COVID developments,…
Today two studies on COVID-19 mortality in US and Canadian cancer patients were published in JAMA Oncology and JAMA Network Open. In JAMA Oncology, research shows US cancer patients suffered higher rates of COVID-19 mortality during the Omicron wave,…
Two new US studies explore mpox epidemiologic factors, with one showing that sexual activity remains an important route of exposure among patients not reporting male-to-male sexual contact (MMSC), and another finding that 1.3% of cases in…
Two more countries—Sweden and Canada—reported their first BA.2.86 sequences to databases, as Denmark and the United Kingdom reported more detections and as New York City reported the virus in wastewater samples. Scientists and health officials…
A core component of the treatment regimen for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is now available to nearly 100 low-resources countries at a significantly cheaper price. The news was announced today by the Stop TB Partnership, which said pharmaceutical…
JAMA Network Open yesterday published a US cohort study showing an increase of hospital-onset COVID-19 cases when community-onset infections were high during the first 2 years of the pandemic. The authors said the findings mean increased in-hospital surveillance…
