Outcome Good at One Year for Majority of PIMS-TS Patients
Patients presenting with impaired cardiac function without aneurysm on echocardiography had all recovered by day 74
CDC Recommendations for Influenza Vaccination Updated for 2021-2022
ACIP makes no preferential recommendation when more than one licensed, recommended vaccine is available
Daily Average of COVID-19 Hospitalizations in U.S. Hits 100,000
COVID-19 deaths have also risen to an average of more than 1,000 a day for the first time since March
U.S. to Be Removed From European Union Safe Travel List
Change not mandatory; EU member nations can decide for themselves whether or not to impose the new measures
Good Recovery at One Year for Most COVID-19 Hospital Survivors
However, survivors had more problems with mobility, pain or discomfort, anxiety or depression at one year than controls
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Up for Racial, Ethnic Minority HCWs
Vaccine hesitancy highest among Black and Hispanic or Latino health care workers; concerns include side effects, newness of vaccine
Prescriptions Rise for Veterinary Drug for COVID-19 Patients
Increase in demand for ivermectin has been accompanied by a fivefold increase in calls to poison control centers
High Demand for At-Home COVID-19 Tests Could Hamper Supply, Abbott Says
Sales have skyrocketed due to the surge in cases driven by the highly transmissible delta variant
Awake Prone Positioning May Prevent Intubation in COVID-19
Significant reduction seen in intubation with prone positioning for hospitalized patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure
Adverse Events Associated With BNT162b2 Vaccination ID’d
Vaccination not associated with elevated risk for most of the adverse events examined; association found with increased risk for myocarditis, but risk higher in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection
