Tag: CORO
FDA Approves New Bivalent COVID-19 Booster for Use in Children
Moderna vaccine is authorized for children down to 6 years old, while Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is approved for children as young as 5 years
Early Steroid Use Does Not Cut Hospital Stay for Non-MIS-C COVID-19
Early use of steroids in children hospitalized for COVID-19 without MIS-C not associated with shorter length of stay
Risk for Type 1 Diabetes in Children May Rise After COVID-19
Increased risk persists for up to six months postinfection for pediatric patients aged 0 to 18 years
CDC Will Stop Issuing Daily Updates of COVID-19 Cases, Deaths
Move is in line with efforts to wind down other COVID-19-related tools on the CDC website
Pollution Tied to Risk for Serious COVID-19 Despite Vaccination
Exposures to PM2.5 and NO2 linked to increased risk for COVID-19-related hospitalization, with and without adjustment for vaccination
SARS-CoV-2 May Not Cause Increase in Type 1 Diabetes in Children
For children aged 0 to 14 years, incidence of type 1 diabetes was 20 percent higher in 2020 to 2021 than the seven-year average
Fourth Vaccination Ups Immunity to Omicron Variants in Cancer Patients
Humoral response seen in patients receiving B cell-targeted therapy for hematologic malignancy, patients with solid malignancies
COVID-19 Boosters Could Save 90,000 Lives This Winter
Updated booster doses could also prevent more than 936,000 hospitalizations and save $56 billion in six months
CDC Drops COVID-19 Travel Advisories as Countries Stop Tracking Cases
Going forward, agency will only post travel health notices about individual countries if there are particular concerns
New-Onset A-Fib Profiled in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19
New-onset atrial fibrillation identified in about one in 20 patients hospitalized with COVID-19
