COVID-19 Updates
From the Journals
Cardiac issues twice as likely with COVID plus high troponin
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with high troponin levels were twice as likely to have cardiac abnormalities due to diverse causes in a large U.K....
News from the FDA/CDC
New challenge for docs: End of COVID federal public health emergency
The Biden administration intends to end by May 11 certain COVID-19 emergency measures used to aid in the response to the pandemic.
Opinion
Must-read acute care medicine articles from 2022
“When 2022 began, we started seeing some light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel.”
Opinion
The five biggest changes in the 2023 adult vaccine schedules
COVID vaccines are now front and center among 2023’s five most important changes.
Opinion
A new (old) drug joins the COVID fray, and guess what? It works
Part of the reason the monoclonals have failed lately is because of their specificity.
From the Journals
Maternal COVID-19 vaccine curbs infant infection
Maternal mRNA COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy was less effective in protecting infants against omicron.
From the Journals
Acute cardiac events common during COVID hospitalization
“We expected to see acute cardiac events occurring among adults hospitalized with COVID-19 but were surprised by how frequently they occurred.”
Opinion
New developments and barriers to palliative care
The need for palliative care in the United States is projected to grow significantly in the next decades.
Feature
Inflammation and immunity troubles top long-COVID suspect list
“I think that it’s a much more complex picture than just inflammation, or just autoimmunity, or just immune dysregulation,” says expert.
Feature
COVID emergency orders ending: What’s next?
There will be cost-sharing changes for COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and certain treatments.