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Halfway through ‘unwinding,’ Medicaid enrollment is down about 10 million

Halfway through what will be the biggest purge of Medicaid beneficiaries in a one-year span, enrollment in the government-run health insurance program is on track to return to roughly pre-pandemic levels.

7 Feb 2024

Colorado moves to connect agricultural workers with mental health resources

Colorado lawmakers have proposed a pair of measures they say will improve the availability of mental health resources for the state's agricultural industry, as stress, anxiety, and depression among ranchers and farmhands have emerged as critical issues that have worsened since the coronavirus pandemic.

7 Feb 2024

COVID-19's impact on early education: Retrospective study shows decrease in kindergarten readiness

A new study explored associations between school district early Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) and electronic health records (EHR) data and linked KRA scores with the changes occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 Feb 2024

How is long-COVID different from other post-viral infection syndromes?

The symptoms, illness duration, long-term clinical traits, and possible healthcare burden of post-viral conditions in children and adolescents under 20 years.

6 Feb 2024

Paxlovid enhances treatment options for COVID-19 patients

The design, synthesis, and mechanism of action of Paxlovid.

6 Feb 2024

SARS-CoV-2 fragments found to mimic immune system peptides, fueling inflammation

Study reveals SARS-CoV-2 fragments mimic immune peptides, potentially driving the virus's inflammatory response, offering insights into COVID-19's severe inflammation mechanisms.

5 Feb 2024

Long-COVID recovery insight: Fatigue and cognitive deficits improve over two years

Study reveals improvements in cognitive deficits and fatigue among long-COVID patients over two years, with specific risk factors like depressive symptoms and old age predicting non-recovery.

5 Feb 2024

Does Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) practice reduce stress and increase well-being in practicing physicians?

The efficacy of SKY in reducing psychological distress and enhancing wellness among physicians at risk of burnout.

5 Feb 2024

Congressman off-base in ad claiming Fauci shipped covid to Montana before the pandemic

A fundraising ad for U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) shows a photo of Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, behind bars, swarmed by flying bats.

5 Feb 2024

COVID-19 recovery disparities uncovered among racial and ethnic groups

Study reveals ethnic and racial disparities in health outcomes post-COVID-19 infection, with Hispanic and racial minority groups reporting poorer health status and increased work absence compared to their non-Hispanic and White counterparts.

4 Feb 2024

XBB.1.5 updated COVID vaccine booster offers 54% increased protection against symptomatic infection

Early estimates show the 2023-24 updated monovalent XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine offers significant protection against symptomatic infection, with effectiveness varying by age and time since vaccination.

4 Feb 2024

New sequencing tool speeds up SARS-CoV-2 outbreak response and informs treatment

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. In the context of two Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreaks involving local transmission and an international flight, the authors of this article used meta-transcriptome and multi-amplicon sequencing to successfully acquire the complete viral genome sequences from clinical samples with varying viral loads.

1 Feb 2024

Smartphone-based mall walking program could boost daily step count, study suggests

Researchers from Japan evaluated the effectiveness of smartphone-based programs that conduct mall walking in increasing the daily step count, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic.

1 Feb 2024

Circulatory cholesterol levels are inversely linked to mortality of patients with sepsis and critical illness

The association between biomarkers of cholesterol homeostasis and mortality in critically ill patients.

1 Feb 2024

Evidence from Malawi: Typhoid conjugate vaccine provides protection for up to four years

Study shows that a single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine provides over four years of protection against typhoid fever in Malawian children, proving effective across all age groups.

31 Jan 2024

Immunocompromised patients show prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection and unique mutations

study identifies risk factors for prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection in immunocompromised patients, revealing that B-cell dysfunction, solid organ transplantation, and AIDS lead to longer infections and unique spike mutations.

31 Jan 2024

Researchers unveil scalable, privacy-focused federated learning system using affordable microcomputing for COVID-19 screening in hospitals

Researchers developed and evaluated a scalable, privacy-preserving federated learning solution using low-cost microcomputing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) screening in United Kingdom (UK) hospitals.

31 Jan 2024

Pistachios: Ideal nighttime snack for prediabetic patients to manage blood glucose levels

study in The Journal of Nutrition shows that pistachios, as a nighttime snack, can improve diet quality in prediabetic patients, with similar effects on glycemic control and vascular health as carbohydrate-rich snacks.

30 Jan 2024

Gut microbiome may hold key to fighting common respiratory viruses

The composition of microbiota found in the gut influences how susceptible mice are to respiratory virus infections and the severity of these infections, according to researchers from the Center for Translational Antiviral Research in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

30 Jan 2024

Resin ingredient strongly decreases coronavirus infectivity on plastic surfaces

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, are currently developing anti-viral surfaces to decrease the spread of infectious diseases.

30 Jan 2024

Coronavirus News and Research

Halfway through ‘unwinding,’ Medicaid enrollment is down about 10 million

Colorado moves to connect agricultural workers with mental health resources

COVID-19's impact on early education: Retrospective study shows decrease in kindergarten readiness

How is long-COVID different from other post-viral infection syndromes?

Paxlovid enhances treatment options for COVID-19 patients

SARS-CoV-2 fragments found to mimic immune system peptides, fueling inflammation

Long-COVID recovery insight: Fatigue and cognitive deficits improve over two years

Does Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) practice reduce stress and increase well-being in practicing physicians?

Congressman off-base in ad claiming Fauci shipped covid to Montana before the pandemic

COVID-19 recovery disparities uncovered among racial and ethnic groups

XBB.1.5 updated COVID vaccine booster offers 54% increased protection against symptomatic infection

New sequencing tool speeds up SARS-CoV-2 outbreak response and informs treatment

Smartphone-based mall walking program could boost daily step count, study suggests

Circulatory cholesterol levels are inversely linked to mortality of patients with sepsis and critical illness

Evidence from Malawi: Typhoid conjugate vaccine provides protection for up to four years

Immunocompromised patients show prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection and unique mutations

Researchers unveil scalable, privacy-focused federated learning system using affordable microcomputing for COVID-19 screening in hospitals

Pistachios: Ideal nighttime snack for prediabetic patients to manage blood glucose levels

Gut microbiome may hold key to fighting common respiratory viruses

Resin ingredient strongly decreases coronavirus infectivity on plastic surfaces

Achieving and maintaining ISO 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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