Long COVID management: a mini review of current recommendations and underutilized modalities A preliminary literature search of practice guidelines and overviews of reviews was performed to obtain an overview of current recommendations and addressed treatment modalities. The results from the preliminary lite...
COVID-19 has impacted healthcare and individuals’ access to PrEP. Some offices may have been able to expand telehealth services to patients, while other offices may have reduced their hours or closed. The CDC continues to recommend quarterly HIV testing for patient safety and prefers laboratory-...
SARS-CoV-2: the Agent of the Current Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Epidemic – COVID-19 Structurally, coronaviruses are spherical, enveloped particles, 120–160 nm in diameter, with a characteristic fringe of petal-shaped surface projections (peplomers/spikes). They are positive-sense, single...
Since last summer, dozens of states, alongside the federal agencies, have opted to scale back on regular COVID-19 data reporting.
(CDC) estimated a 2–14 day range], with the shortest being 1 day and the vast majority within 2 weeks. A proportion of infected subjects may remain asymptomatic. Fever, cough, and shortness of breath were the first typical symptoms of COVID-19 pneumonia initially highlighted by CDC, and...
In addition, influenza vaccination coverage among health care professionals continues to be variable and often suboptimal in many countries (CDC, 2021, Haviari et al., 2015). There is a broad recognition among stakeholders that health systems need to change post-COVID-19 to provide a better ...
(CDC) estimates that more than 60,000 health care workers have been infected, and close to 300 have died from COVID-19 [26]. Inadequate testing kits and lack of PPE increase the risk of infection and, ultimately, the death toll. Steps must be taken to regulate the supply of PPEs as...
I miss my kids, who I haven’t been able to see in months because of Covid concerns. Our older daughter is supposed to come pick up our old car tomorrow – our first time seeing her since December – but even this visit will be brief (just the evening) and distanced. Our other ...
Microbial dynamics and pulmonary immune responses in COVID-19 secondary bacterial pneumonia Article Open access 29 October 2024 Impairment in inflammasome signaling by the chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients results in an increase in inflammatory response Article Open acc...
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