Rates of vaccination against COVID-19 are lowest in states with a high prevalence of obesity, say experts in the field, as they urge their patients to take any of the approved COVID-19 vaccines. WebMD Health News
Readers on the lifting of restrictions in England and the government’s muddled strategy What just happened? After a year of caution, life was opening up. I’ve eaten in a restaurant – beautifully clean and with spaced-out tables. I’ve...
ACR COVID-19 vaccine task force chair Jeffrey Curtis, MD, MPH, goes over the latest evidence about COVID-19 vaccination in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Medscape Medical News
As researchers try to determine who is most at risk for long COVID-19, evidence suggests that it is more common among women than men. We asked Sabra L. Klein, PhD, professor of molecular microbiology and immunology and co-director of the...
Among the many health consequences of COVID-19, there remain a few mysteries, including what causes the long-term, postacute sequelae known as long COVID. “It’s a mysterious mix of symptoms with no clear pattern,” Sandra A. Fryhofer, MD,...
On my first day of medical school, I was assigned a physical diagnosis tutor who was a well-known infectious diseases specialist. He had encyclopedic knowledge. He was a remarkable teacher and — equally important — a great storyteller....
Antimicrobial stewardship has been defined as coordinated interventions designed to improve and measure appropriate use of antimicrobial agents by promoting the selection of optimal drug regimens. The CDC first developed the Core...
The risk for hospitalization quadrupled and mortality risk doubled in a cohort of patients with sickle cell disease; excess risk was also seen among carriers, but the magnitude was smaller. Medscape Medical News
Those receiving jobseeker, youth allowance and disability carer payments are barred from accessing the disaster payments – even if they have lost work Follow our Covid live blog Restrictions: NSW ; Vic ; Qld ; WA, NT and SA Hotspots: NSW...
Covid restrictions for greater Sydney, including residents in the Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown and Liverpool LGAs, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong have been extended. Can you have visitors? Is mask-wearing compulsory?...
The figure compares with 24% in January and shows how the Delta variant has ripped through the nation of 1.3bn Coronavirus – live global coverage Covid-19 antibodies have been detected in 67% of the population of India, according to a...
How does Australia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout and schedule compare with other countries, when will Australia be fully vaccinated and when will you be eligible to get your dose? We bring together the latest numbers on daily new...
Pfizer has applied to the TGA for approval to administer the vaccine to children aged between 12 and 15 Follow our Covid live blog Restrictions: NSW ; Vic ; Qld ; WA, NT and SA Hotspots: NSW map ; Vic list ; Qld ; WA Vaccine rollout...
Here are the current coronavirus hotspots and Covid-19 public exposure sites in Sydney and regional New South Wales, and what to do if you’ve visited them. Our analysis and map shows where Covid cases are increasing, and a live data...
1.5 million children lost a caregiver during pandemic, including thousands in the UK An estimated 1.5 million children worldwide under the age of 18 have lost a parent, grandparent or caregiver due to Covid-19, according to a global...
Host repeated false claim coronavirus vaccine ‘transmitting to unvaccinated people’ Follow our Covid live blog Restrictions: NSW ; Vic ; Qld ; WA, NT and SA Hotspots: NSW map ; Vic list ; Qld ; WA Vaccine rollout tracker ; get our free...
The biological mechanisms of the delta variant now coursing through the US makes it 'the fastest and fittest' of them all so far. As with other variants before it, the best recourse is vaccination. Medscape Medical News
The FDA recently approved Vaxneuvance, Merck’s 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, for adults aged 18 years or older. The vaccine, formerly known as V114, is for the prevention of invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae...
Canakinumab fails to significantly increase the likelihood of survival without accompanying invasive mechanical ventilation, compared with placebo, in patients with severe COVID-19, according to data published in JAMA. “IL-1 is an...
Houston Methodist Hospital in June 2021 enforced an April mandate that all its employees, about 26,000 of them, must be vaccinated against COVID-19. In the following weeks, many other large healthcare systems adopted a similar employer...
That's a massive increase from a week ago, when Delta was seen as responsible for just more than half of new cases, CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walensky told a Senate committee. WebMD Health News
The amount of prescription drugs given to children in the United States decreased by 27.1% between April and December 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, based on data from a national database. Medscape Medical News
The prevalence of transmitted resistance to common HIV drugs in the United States remained stable between 2014 and 2018, according to a study published recently in Clinical Infectious Diseases. “In the United States, all states and...
Lockdowns can cause harm, but at least in the short term, the pandemic's effects on health are worse, an international review team concludes. Medscape Medical News
Nightclubs across the world have been linked to outbreaks, leading some countries to open up to vaccinated clubbers only Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage They only wanted to enjoy themselves on the sunny...
High school students’ bed and wake-up times have been delayed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and they have become more active during the evening, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. “During the...
Findings from the 6-month ZeNix trial indicated that a three-drug regimen for highly resistant tuberculosis was safer and just as effective when it included reduced doses or shorter durations of linezolid, researchers reported. The...
Higher taxes on assets are needed if post-Covid challenges are to be met As much of the nation focused with growing trepidation on “freedom day” last week, an eye-opening report on the unequal economics of Covid went slightly under the...
According to epidemiologists, meeting outside helps minimise infection risks but heat itself has a negligible effect on the virus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage With the recent rising temperatures and more...
Black adults had a higher rate of hospital-acquired injuries or illnesses than white adults who were treated at the same hospitals, an analysis showed. “No studies have examined within-hospital differences in patient safety indicators...
Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that...
Exclusive: officers in England no longer have to verify whether new arrivals have received a negative Covid test Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Border officials are no longer required to make basic Covid...
An estimated 17.8% of United States adults had debt that stemmed from medical care before the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis of consumer credit reports showed. Despite “widespread concern” surrounding medical debt, there has been little...
A new study finds that medications prescribed for children dropped by more than a quarter during the first eight months of the pandemic compared to the previous year, with the steepest declines in infection-related medicines like...
Using electron microscopy and high-speed atomic force microscopy, researchers show the internal molecular motor behind the gliding mechanism for Mycoplasma mobile to consist of two ATP synthase-like molecules. Sharing a similar structure...
Early administration of full-dose heparin slowed the thrombo-inflammatory process and reduced the risk for severe disease and death among moderately ill hospitalized patients with COVID-19, according to a study published in MedRxiv. The...
Was prime minister’s anti-lockdown view informed by paper from Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine? An Oxford University paper dubbed by the Daily Mail an “anti-lockdown” plan has emerged as the likely inspiration behind Boris Johnson’s...
The great stay-at-home UK summer is thrown into chaos as half a million in England and Wales are told to isolate by NHS Covid tracing app Thousands of British holidaymakers face losing their longed-for summer breaks – including domestic...
A man evaded Western Australia quarantine rules by tying bedsheets together to escape from fourth floor of hotel Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A man in Perth, Australia, escaped mandatory quarantine in a...
Ambulances are an informal frontline in healthcare – and the number of people I see unvaccinated worries me As the sun comes up on Monday 19 July, the day England’s Covid-19 restrictions end ed, my crewmate and I find ourselves assessing...
Government bans large gatherings and toughens travel restrictions in world’s most populous Muslim country Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Muslims across Indonesia marked a grim Eid al-Adha festival for a...
Six healthcare workers share their stories from the frontline amid rising Covid cases Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage On Monday, for the first time since the early days of the vaccination programme in the...
Delta variant SARS-CoV-2 infections are likely to peak this summer, but other variants could follow, an Emory infectious disease expert predicts. Medscape Medical News
Public health officials have voiced warnings about the rapid spread of the Delta variant, especially in locations with low vaccination rates. "I'm worried about what is to come," said Dr Vivek Murthy. WebMD Health News
The global prevalence of syphilis among men who have sex with men is close to 8%, according to the results of a study published recently in The Lancet Global Health. “Every 5 years or so, WHO generates new global estimates of curable...