Young adults at higher risk of hearing loss after Covid infection, data suggest

A new study from Columbia University shows that measles cases around the world surged 140% from 2010 to 2019, with declining vaccination rates in 59 of 194 nations fueled by socioeconomic factors in some low-resourced countries and vaccine reluctance in wealthier nations.

Analysis of more than 19 million hospital discharge records in the United States found the 2020 COVID-19 surges were associated with statistically significant and clinically meaningful decreases in hospital care quality.

The US Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS's) COVID-19 vaccination campaign saved $732 billion by averting illness and related costs during the Delta and Omicron variant waves…

Oregon data: COVID vaccines not tied to sudden cardiac death in young people

Research found adults hospitalized for COVID-19 were at lower risk of needing medical care for migraine, epilepsy, neuropathy, movement disorders, stroke, and dementia in the next year than matched patients with influenza,

An insecticide paint used on houses in Cabo Verde, Africa, was able to control and reduce the local populations of mosquitoes that transmit yellow fever, malaria, Zika…

Monovalent XBB.1.5 vaccine shows 51% protection against COVID hospitalization

Study reveals that closing toilet lids has no meaningful impact on preventing the spread of viral particles

Half of COVID survivors still had symptoms at 3 years, more reinfections amid Omicron

Codagenix announces promising findings for intranasal COVID vaccine

Review estimates 69% 3-dose vaccine efficacy against long Covid

Smart people first in line for Covid-19 vaccines, study suggests

Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after Covid pandemic began

Over 70% of US household Covid spread started with a child

Southern US states may have carried the brunt of mental health troubles during the COVID-19 pandemic, with people in that region most consistently worried about finances throughout COVID-19 lockdowns and the emergence of new strains of the virus

Metformin shown to prevent long Covid

Drug shortages have worsened and may only increase in the future, experts say

COVID Omicron variant infection deadlier than flu, studies suggest

Cardiovascular risks of long COVID persist for at least 1 year, study suggests

Higher ivermectin dose, longer duration still futile for Covid

Music listeners report lower stress, better mood amid COVID lockdowns

Two new US studies describe pediatric COVID-19, one finding that 7.0% of hospitalized children developed neurologic complications such as seizures, and the other showing that even mild infections can lead to long COVID

10% of patients infected early in the pandemic still had symptoms 1 year later

Ivermectin doesn't speed time to recovery from nonsevere COVID

After the emergence of the Omicron variant, the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States was 10.5 times higher in unvaccinated adults and 2.5 times higher in those who were vaccinated but received no booster than in booster recipients

Vitamin D doesn't prevent COVID-19, other respiratory infections, studies find

In one of the largest follow-up studies to date, involving 25 pediatric hospitals, more than a quarter of children and adolescents hospitalized with coronavirus infection early in the pandemic still had health problems two to four months later

Constrained by a lack of sufficient resources and faced with difficult decisions amid COVID-19 surges in the first year of the pandemic, nearly 72% of US primary care, dental, and behavioral health clinicians working in safety-net clinics report experiencing mild to intense moral distress

Study shows virus causing monkeypox outbreak has mutated to spread easier

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