Exercise capacity improved, clinical worsening reduced for patients with pulmonary HTN due to interstitial lung disease

News comes as Ohio State University researchers discover new variant of COVID-19 virus

Non-Hispanic Blacks with T1DM and COVID-19 have nearly fourfold increased odds of presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis

Neutralizing antibodies detected in 90 percent or more of all participants on day 29 after the first vaccine dose

Health officials also recommended COVID-19 vaccines be given to all adults with preexisting conditions

Several gut commensals with known immunomodulatory potential underrepresented in patients with COVID-19

Pace of annual decline in lung cancer mortality increased from 2009-2013 to 2014-2018 for men, women, overall

A South African variant that is also more contagious has not been detected in the United States yet

Rates at beginning and end of study and extent of change in rates significantly vary across states

2.5 percent drop seen in monthly pneumonia, flu mortality rates with implementation of state laws requiring hospitals to offer flu shot