COVID-19/Coronavirus
Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Up in Health Care Workers
TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) – Health care workers may be increasingly receptive to the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter published online March 23 in JAMA Network Open. Michelle N. Meyer, Ph.D., from the Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, and colleagues conducted a survey of all employees of a health care...
Poor Sleep, Burnout Increase COVID-19 Risk in Health Care Workers
TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Sleep problems and a high level of burnout are associated with increased odds of COVID-19 among health care workers (HCWs), according to a study published online March 22 in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health. Hyunju Kim, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in...
ENDO: Three Months After COVID-19, Thyroid Function Normalizes
MONDAY, March 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — At three months after COVID-19 disease, patients have normalized thyroid function, but subacute thyroiditis may be present, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of The Endocrine Society, held virtually from March 20 to 23. Noting that patients hospitalized with COVID-19 may have occurrence of thyrotoxicosis...
Greater Disability Tied to Worse COVID-19 Severity in MS Patients
FRIDAY, March 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Ambulatory disability and older age are associated with worse clinical severity of COVID-19, including death, among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online March 19 in JAMA Neurology. Amber Salter, Ph.D., from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and colleagues examined...
Mortality Higher for Diabetic Ketoacidosis With COVID-19
TUESDAY, March 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) with COVID-19 have a much higher rate of mortality than patients without COVID-19, according to a research letter published online March 10 in JAMA Network Open. Francisco J. Pasquel, M.D., from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, and colleagues used individual-level...
Minority Patients and the COVID-19 Vaccine
In this MD Newsline exclusive interview with obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Wendy Goodall McDonald, we discuss the perception of vaccination in general and the perception of the COVID-19 vaccine in particular among minority patients. MD Newsline: Can you speak to the question, will minority patients get vaccinated for COVID-19? Dr. Wendy McDonald: “During COVID-19, we’ve...
Third Coronavirus Vaccine Approval Gives Reason for Hope
On Saturday The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine for emergency use after its advisory panel unanimously backed the vaccine a day earlier. Adding a third vaccine to the country’s arsenal will help boost the nation’s limited supply of the two authorized shots, from Pfizer and Moderna. The first...
U.S. Patterns for Recurrent Coronary Heart Disease Examined
FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — From 2008 to 2017, the rates of recurrent myocardial infarction (MI), recurrent coronary heart disease (CHD) events, heart failure hospitalization, and mortality declined in the year after MI, with greater reductions seen for women than men, according to a study published in the Feb. 16 issue of Circulation....
Predictors of Death, Discharge ID'd for Diabetes Patients With COVID-19
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — About 20 percent of patients with diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19 die within 28 days and about 50 percent are discharged, and predictors of death and discharge have been identified, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in Diabetologia. Matthieu Wargny, M.D., from the University of Nantes in...
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