New Review Claims First COVID-19 Patient Was Wuhan Market Vendor
While paper will rekindle debate over whether the pandemic resulted from animal-to-human transfer, it likely will not settle the issue
Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Less Likely to Be Vaccinated
Decreased likelihood of vaccination also seen in association with death, mechanical ventilation among patients hospitalized with COVID-19
ICU Bed Occupancy During COVID-19 Linked to Increase in Excess Deaths
If ICU bed use reached 75 percent capacity nationwide, an excess of 12,000 deaths would be expected two weeks later
Access to Care Disrupted for Young Adults With Diabetes in COVID-19
Young adults with diabetes also report lower intention of receiving COVID-19 vaccination compared with those 60 years or older
Concerns Raised About COVID-19 Chronic Olfactory Dysfunction
Research needed on how to treat olfactory dysfunction lasting six months or longer as a symptom of long-term COVID-19
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Fewer Deaths Reported With Enrollment in COVID-19 Remote Monitoring
Remote monitoring service, COVID Watch, reduced deaths at 30 and 60 days and was associated with presentation to emergency department sooner
Only Half of Teens Receive Minimum Standards for Sex Education
Disparities exist in receipt of information by gender, race, and location of instruction
Positive SARS-CoV-2 Test Result Linked to Psychiatric Morbidity
However, risk for incident psychiatric morbidity was similar for those with negative SARS-CoV-2 test result and was higher with influenza
Vials With Smallpox Labels Found at Vaccine Lab in Pennsylvania: CDC
Vials were found by a laboratory worker while cleaning out a freezer in a facility that conducts vaccine research
