by Tanner Stening, Northeastern University Northeastern community members receive a first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Cabot Testing Center. Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University As the U.S. enters its third year of the pandemic, COVID-19 cases are at an all-time high thanks to the highly transmissible omicron variant. Unlike earlier phases of the...
My lab has found significant microclot formation in long Covid patients. Unfortunately, these are missed in routine blood tests ‘We urgently need to invest in more research and clinical trials to better understand and further confirm the link between abnormal blood clotting, hypoxia, and vascular dysfunction in patients with long Covid.’ Photograph: Science Photo Library/AlamyWed...
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. With new cases of COVID-19 skyrocketing to more than 240,000 a day recently in the U.S., many people are facing the same situation: A family member or friend tests positive or was exposed to someone who did, and the holiday gathering, visit,...
By Rich Haridy January 03, 2022 The initial Corbevax vaccine research was led by Maria Elena Bottazzi and Peter Hotez from the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine DevelopmentTexas Children’s Hospital A new COVID-19 vaccine, developed by researchers from the Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, is being offered patent-free to vaccine manufacturers...
By Suchandrima Bhowmik Dec 28 2021 Reviewed by Aimee Molineux Several studies have indicated an association between COVID-19 vaccination and myocarditis. In addition, evidence from several countries suggested exposure to the BNT162b2 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine was associated with acute myocarditis. Furthermore, an increase in hospitalization or death due to myocarditis has been reported against...
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A new study led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York shows that COVID-19 incidence rates were not statistically different in counties with in-person learning versus remote school modes in most regions of the U.S. As the COVID-19 virus arrived on U.S. shores in early 2020, nearly...
by Rutgers University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Chronic hypertension is contributing substantially to maternal deaths in the United States, with particular risk among Black women, according to new research from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. The extensive study, published in the December issue of Hypertension, analyzed data...
by Yale University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Pregnant people who contract COVID-19 have an increased risk of disease severity and death, yet only 31% of pregnant people in the United States had received vaccines as of September 2021. One barrier to vaccine acceptance is the concern that vaccination might disrupt pregnancy. A Yale co-led study,...
Sean Peden, an orthopaedic foot and ankle specialist from Yale University Medicine, says not wearing supportive footwear on a regular basis can lead to foot pain and other problems. “Many people are continuing to work at home part- or full-time, which for some can mean wearing slippers or walking around barefoot,” Peden says. “And because...
by Laura Ungar Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately? AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately? A couple of factors are at play, starting with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant. Omicron is more likely to infect people, even if it doesn’t make them very...
