Infectious Disease

Persistent viral shedding associated with in-hospital delirium and increased six-month mortality

Improvements seen in physical and mental health, but survivors still have more symptoms than controls at two years

President Biden has ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of those lost

Reduction in viral load from baseline greater with lenacapavir versus placebo among those with multidrug-resistant HIV-1 infection

Significant but weaker associations with selected adverse outcomes seen for preexisting hypertension, diabetes, and ischemic heart disease

However, masking rules may still vary by airline if regulations are different in the locations they fly to or from

Second study shows most parents of children with food allergy report unchanged or decreased food allergy-specific anxiety during pandemic

Neuropsychiatric sequelae are comparable for survivors of COVID-19 hospitalization, other severe acute respiratory infections

However, a history of cancer more than one year before COVID-19 diagnosis not tied to increased mortality or hospitalization

Gut microbiome of women with a history of recurrent UTI depleted in microbial richness, butyrate-producing bacteria