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It was already hard to find Evusheld, a covid prevention therapy. Now it’s even harder.

As immunocompromised people across the country work to get Evusheld, a potentially lifesaving covid therapy, several hundred providers of the injections were removed from a federal dataset on Wednesday night, making the therapy even harder to locate.

17 Mar 2022

Researchers evaluate predictors for mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Researchers identified independent factors associated with early and late deaths in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

17 Mar 2022

Biomarkers to identify SARS-CoV-2 patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation

Researchers evaluated biomarkers that could help identify COVID-19 patients needing invasive mechanical ventilation.

17 Mar 2022

Impact of B-cell depletion therapy on hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Researchers assessed the clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infections who were previously treated with B-cell depletion therapy.

17 Mar 2022

Study finds serum antibody levels after BNT162b2 booster dropped significantly but remained higher than after the second dose

A recent study assessed the reduction in antibody titers observed after the third dose of SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine in adults.

17 Mar 2022

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from mother to baby is extremely low, say researchers

Less than 2% of babies born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus responsible for covid-19 infection) also test positive around the time of birth, finds an analysis of the latest evidence published by The BMJ today.

17 Mar 2022

COVID-19-related hospitalizations in children below 18 years with influenza-associated hospitalizations

A recent study compared COVID-19-related hospitalizations in children below 18 years with influenza-associated hospitalizations.

17 Mar 2022

Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 severity in the elderly

Researchers assessed vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection in elderly patients before and after the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern.

17 Mar 2022

Evidence of lower COVID-19 severity in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection compared to Delta infection

Researchers compared COVID-19 severity among hospitalized patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants in Norway.

17 Mar 2022

Study explores profiles of COVID-19 vaccines across different countries

A new study analyzed the amplitude, time, and adverse events associated with COVID-19 vaccines across different countries.

17 Mar 2022

Lateral flow assays: The possibilities beyond COVID-19

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Andre Alfaro from nanoComposix (now a Fortis Life Sciences company) about the possibilities lateral flow assays offer in the post-covid healthscape.

From nanoComposix 17 Mar 2022

Brain-wide association studies need thousands of people to achieve higher reproducibility

As brain scans have become more detailed and informative in recent decades, neuroimaging has seemed to promise a way for doctors and scientists to "see" what's going wrong inside the brains of people with mental illnesses or neurological conditions.

16 Mar 2022

The effects of anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies on pregnant and postpartum women

Researchers examine the safety and efficacy of mAbs in pregnant and postpartum women with COVID-19.

16 Mar 2022

Antimicrobial resistance in COVID-19

Researchers discuss the impact of this extensive use of antibiotics on the rise of antimicrobial resistance.

16 Mar 2022

Accurate detection of D-dimer for pulmonary embolism among ER patients with suspected COVID-19

Researchers evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of an age-adjusted D-dimer strategy to predict PE diagnosis in patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.

16 Mar 2022

Study links phthalates to higher incidence of specific childhood cancers

In a first-of-its-kind study, research from the University of Vermont Cancer Center has linked phthalates, commonly called the "everywhere chemical," to higher incidence of specific childhood cancers.

16 Mar 2022

Discovery of how NK cells are regulated in peripheral tissues could help combat cancer, other diseases

New research reveals factors that control the interplay of natural killer (NK) cells - which are part of the body's innate, or first line, immune response - with tumor cells, viral infections, and solid organ transplants.

16 Mar 2022

Neurons that drive competition and social behavior within groups discovered

New research in mice has identified neurons in the brain that influence competitive interactions between individuals and that play a critical role in shaping the social behavior of groups.

16 Mar 2022

New trial finds signs of preventive cardiovascular effects for cocoa flavanols

The first large-scale trial to test the long-term effects of a cocoa flavanol supplement to prevent cardiovascular disease offers promising signals that cocoa flavanols could have protective cardiovascular effects.

16 Mar 2022

SLU physician-scientist receives NIH funding for Short Bowel Syndrome research

A Saint Louis University School of Medicine scientist and SLUCare physician has received funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS).

16 Mar 2022

Hospital News and Research

It was already hard to find Evusheld, a covid prevention therapy. Now it’s even harder.

Researchers evaluate predictors for mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Biomarkers to identify SARS-CoV-2 patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation

Impact of B-cell depletion therapy on hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Study finds serum antibody levels after BNT162b2 booster dropped significantly but remained higher than after the second dose

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from mother to baby is extremely low, say researchers

COVID-19-related hospitalizations in children below 18 years with influenza-associated hospitalizations

Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 severity in the elderly

Evidence of lower COVID-19 severity in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection compared to Delta infection

Study explores profiles of COVID-19 vaccines across different countries

Lateral flow assays: The possibilities beyond COVID-19

Brain-wide association studies need thousands of people to achieve higher reproducibility

The effects of anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies on pregnant and postpartum women

Antimicrobial resistance in COVID-19

Accurate detection of D-dimer for pulmonary embolism among ER patients with suspected COVID-19

Study links phthalates to higher incidence of specific childhood cancers

Discovery of how NK cells are regulated in peripheral tissues could help combat cancer, other diseases

Neurons that drive competition and social behavior within groups discovered

New trial finds signs of preventive cardiovascular effects for cocoa flavanols

SLU physician-scientist receives NIH funding for Short Bowel Syndrome research

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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