Articles Tagged With: COVID-19
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Antibiotic Resistance: We Were Doing Great and then COVID Happened
After improvement, antimicrobial resistance in the United States significantly increased.
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Active Shooter Risks Require Prevention, Response Plans
Active shooters can threaten people in virtually any place or situation, but healthcare facilities may be uniquely at risk because they are open to the public and frequently experience violence from patients and others. Hospitals and other facilities should create an active shooter program that reduces the risk as much as possible and includes a response plan.
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Family Members of Critically Ill Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia Have a High Burden of Symptoms of PTSD
This multicenter cohort study revealed a high incidence of PTSD symptoms among family members of COVID-19 patients at three months after the ICU admission.
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Can Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination Protect Newborns?
In this case control study, 537 case infants younger than 6 months of age who were admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 were compared to 512 control infants who were hospitalized for other reasons; 16% of the case infants and 29% of the control infants had been born to mothers who had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 during the pregnancy. The effectiveness of maternal vaccination against infant hospitalization for COVID-19 was 52% overall, 80% during the Delta variant period, and 38% during the Omicron variant period. Effectiveness increased when the vaccine was received after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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Self-Administered Depo-Provera Improves Use and Efficacy
Depo-Provera is a convenient option for patients who want a contraceptive that is both effective and can last for several months. But one drawback is that it requires a clinic visit for an injection. This is where an option to self-administer Depo could improve access to and continuation of the contraceptive.
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Research Shows Pharmacists Can Easily Dispense Medication Abortion
The results of a recent study support allowing pharmacists to dispense mifepristone directly to people — like any other medication.
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COVID-19 and Headache
Headache is a common feature of acute COVID-19 infection, as well as a long-standing feature of “long COVID” after recovery from the acute infection. Treatment is symptomatic, based on the characteristics of the headache syndrome.
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Special Report: Humbled CDC Seeks Reinvention, Culture Change
The CDC has taken responsibility for its haphazard response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, admitting to mistakes and miscalculations that often directly affected healthcare workers.
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CDC to Translate Data into ‘Easy-to-Understand’ New Policy
The CDC has begun an ambitious revamping after admitting it was not ready for the plethora of issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency is pursuing a culture change to break down silos and communicate better in house and to the public.
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Calling Out Systemic Racism in Healthcare
It is time to speak out about entrenched racism in the American healthcare system, particularly after researchers have been targeted by white supremacists who claim better care for people of color will come at the expense of Caucasian patients.