On March 6, 2023, Andrea Levy, PhD, MBE, and her colleagues published a research letter in JAMA Network Open on parental nonadherence to COVID guidelines. The study’s results alarmed researchers...
On February 24, 2023, the FDA issued a press release announcing an emergency use authorization (EUA) for at-home tests that detect influenza and COVID-19. This EUA allows over-the-counter sales of the...
The COVID-19 pandemic was a significant turning point in public health in the United States. When the pandemic began, providers and healthcare facilities were hit hard with waves of illness. On top of...
The CDC FluView is the weekly reporting system for the United States influenza surveillance report. The most recent report was published on November 28, 2022, with updates for week 46, ending November...
A Quest Diagnostics Health Trends study analyzed the rates of breast and prostate cancer diagnosis to find that the rates still lag behind pre-pandemic diagnoses. The American Society of Clinical...
Incubation periods are one of the most significant epidemiological parameters when studying infectious diseases. Understanding incubation periods can impact the recommended public health strategies to...
The COVID-19 pandemic and its knock-on effects have contributed to a 2.7-year decline in life expectancy from 2019 to 2021, and some demographics’ life expectancies have fallen even lower,...
As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to progress, studying the long-term effects of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been an important area of study. On August 17, 2022, Lancet Psychiatry...
A retrospective cohort study published on August 16, 2022, found that patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had an elevated risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared to those hospitalized for...
Because environmental changes — like rising temperatures — are known to expand habitats that are survivable for numerous pathogens, human pathogenic diseases are heavily impacted by the...
A CDC report on antimicrobial resistance found that hospital-onset infections and deaths from antimicrobial-resistant infections rose 15% during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. Data...
The Journal of Current Medical Research and Opinion recently published a study that found sex differences in COVID sequelae and long COVID. The study involved a literature review of multiple...
Nature Biotechnology recently published a review on the impact of smartphone apps on the COVID pandemic. The evaluation aimed to observe how smartphone apps can inform epidemiology and prevent disease...
An annual CDC report that measures HIV diagnoses found a disquieting 17% reduction in diagnoses during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. Data from 2020 showed that 30,635 people had been...
A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has presented a detailed analysis of childhood coronavirus hospitalizations and found that several risk factors are increasing...
Participants in a recent study from the University of Cambridge are revealing troubling signs of the long-term effects that the coronavirus can have on mental health. The research published last week...
