Tag: CORO
ACR: COVID-19 Vaccine Not Tied to Severe Rheumatic Disease Flares
Seropositivity lags after vaccination in those with rheumatic diseases but improves after second dose
Statin Use Not Linked to COVID-19 Mortality in Hospitalized Patients
Statin use associated with increased relative risk for severe disease among hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Biden Administration Presses Schools to Provide COVID-19 Shots to Children
White House also teaming up with AAP to have local physicians provide schools with science-based info about the vaccines
Pfizer Set to Ask FDA to Approve Booster for Those 18 and Older
Approval would fulfill the Biden administration's plan to provide boosters for all adults and could increase booster rates at a critical point in the pandemic
Adults With IBD Show Antibody Response to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine
After mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, 99 percent of patients with IBD had detectable antibodies regardless of immunocompromising therapies
Cognitive Dysfunction Fairly Common After COVID-19 Infection
Impairments in executive functioning, processing speed, category fluency, memory encoding, and recall seen months after hospitalization
Higher Dose of Steroid Does Not Improve Outcomes in Severe COVID-19
Number of days alive without life support at day 28 did not differ with dexamethasone 12 mg versus 6 mg in those with severe hypoxemia
Clinically Active IBD Linked to Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes
Measure indicating greater activity of IBD independently linked to ICU/ventilation/death and hospitalization among patients 50 years or younger
Vaccination Protects Against Death From SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant
Scotland cohort study shows vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, BNT162b2 highly effective for preventing deaths caused by delta variant
Nearly 59,000 Meatpacking Workers Caught COVID-19
And 269 workers died as the pandemic raged through the industry last year