Federal, State Agencies Begin to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines for Workers
VA becomes the first federal agency to actually issue a mandate
Long COVID May Qualify as a Disability: Biden
Some recovered COVID-19 patients have lasting problems such as fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, fever, and double vision
Antibody Responses Seen After Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children
Robust and durable humoral immune response detected; antibody responses and neutralizing activity comparable, superior to those in adults
Maternal Obesity May Up Risk for Future Liver Disease in Offspring
Maternal obesity in early pregnancy linked to increased risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the child by age 25 years
Deaths Up in 2020, Even When Accounting for COVID-19
Men ages 15 to 64 years of age were particularly hard-hit by excess deaths, while children were spared
Inequalities Found With U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act Requirement
Women disproportionately excluded in minimum hours requirement; tenure requirement excludes Blacks, indigenous, multiracial workers
Effectiveness Similar for First-Line ACE Inhibitors, ARBs in HTN
Risks for angioedema, cough, pancreatitis, and GI bleeding significantly lower with ARBs for first-line HTN treatment
Better Strategies Needed for Managing NAFLD in Adults
Needs assessment survey conducted in response to increasing clinical burden of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Survival Up for Multiple Cancer Types for Teens, Young Adults
Limited or no improvement seen in female breast cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, and bone and joint sarcomas
SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies May Persist Nine Months After Infection
Seroprevalence found to be 3.5 percent in Vo', Italy, in May 2020; 98.8 percent of sera still reacted against one or more antigens in November
