PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care

In addition to acute hyperinflammatory responses, SARS-CoV-2 infections can have long-term effects on our immune system leading to, for example, post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC). In this issue of Cell, Cheong et al. show that severe infections

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CONCLUSION: The care of patients treated for hip fractures did not change throughout the pandemic at our institution. The elevated mortality rate due to the effects of COVID-19 seen in the pre-vaccine cohort decreased over time as the understanding

CONCLUSION: COVID-19 incidence, mortality and vaccination patterns varied over time by race, age and sex. Black-White disparities decreased over time, with a larger effect on Black men, and Older Black people were particularly more vulnerable to

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CONCLUSION: Health system factors related to death of COVID-19 need to be addressed to avoid the avoidable deaths during the pandemic situation. The resilience of the health system can be helpful in reducing death toll in a low-resource country like

CONCLUSIONS: Acute infectious conjunctivitis varies by location. Contrary to expectations, RNA viruses predominated. Repeat surveillance may be useful and RNA-seq allows for detection of the unexpected pathogen including RNA viruses.

This study tested the hypothesis that high frequencies of natural killer (NK) cells are protective against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Samples were utilized from the COVID-19 Health Action Response for Marines study, a prospective

BACKGROUND: Transfusion services and blood banks in the United States have struggled with staffing shortages for decades. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors have exacerbated these challenges to the point of crisis for many

CONCLUSION: Essential workers report better health, fewer protective behaviors, and more healthcare barriers than non-essential and non-workers. Findings indicate essential worker status may be a social determinant of health.