Living Guideline Updated for Drug Treatment of COVID-19
Tenth version recommends nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in patients with confirmed COVID-19 who have highest risk for hospitalization
Vaccination Coverage in Kindergarteners Dropped in 2020 to 2021
3.9 percent of kindergarteners who did not have vaccine exemptions were not up to date for MMR in 2020 to 2021
U.S. Extends COVID-19 Vaccination Rule for International Travelers at Land Borders
But unlike visitors flying into the country, these travelers will not need to show a negative COVID-19 test
Drug Interaction Checkers Could Have Caught Adverse Events
More than three-quarters of COVID-19-associated drug-drug interactions could have been identified
Philadelphia Lifts Indoor Mask Mandate Enacted Four Days Ago
City's Board of Health voted during a Thursday night meeting to rescind the mandate
Single Dose of AZD7442 Prevents Symptomatic or Severe COVID-19
Relative risk reduction of 82.8 percent seen in symptomatic COVID-19 at extended follow-up of median of six months
Wearables Detect Physiologic Changes at COVID-19 Symptom Onset
Alterations seen in basal heart rate, heart rate response to physical activity, circadian variation in heart rate, autocorrelation of heart rate
Guideline Issued for Preventing SSI After Major Extremity Trauma
AAOS developed 14 strong and moderate-strength recommendations to decrease surgical site infections after major extremity trauma
Inhaled Nitric Oxide Tied to Improved P/F Ratio in COVID-19 With ARDS
Improvement in mean P/F ratio with no reported toxicity observed among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and mild-to-moderate ARDS
AACR: Novel COVID-19 Vaccine Aimed at Immunocompromised Patients
CoVac-1, a peptide vaccine, induces T-cell immune responses in those with B-cell deficiencies, particularly leukemia and lymphoma patients
