How Body Weight Affects Immune Response to COVID-19
Being overweight can impair the body’s antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection, but not to the protection offered by vaccination.
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Pfizer and BioNTech Get Positive EU Opinion for Updated COVID-19 Vaccine
The companies also filed an application with the FDA requesting approval of their Omicron XBB.1.5-adapted monovalent COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 6 months of age and older.
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Surprising Personality Type More Likely to be Vaccine-hesitant
Based on a study of more than 40,000 Canadians, researchers identified the personality type most inclined to resist or exhibit hesitancy toward receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
Moderna Seeks FDA Authorization for Updated COVID-19 Vaccine
Preliminary clinical testing has demonstrated that mRNA-1273.815 is effective in generating an immune response against the current XBB variants of concern.
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Clean Air Found to Speed Up Airborne Virus Destruction
New research reveals how cleaner air kills airborne viruses significantly quicker and why opening a window may be more important than originally thought.
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Increased Rates of Blood Clots Found in Discharged COVID-19 Patients
Researchers found that the increased rate of post-discharge arterial thromboembolism (ATE) was more than 27%, and those with cardiovascular disease were at even higher risk.
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FDA Approves Oral Antiviral Pill for High-Risk COVID-19 Patients
Pfizer’s Paxlovid is the fourth drug—and first oral antiviral pill—approved by the FDA to treat COVID-19 in adults.
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Voice-Based Tool Shows Potential in Detecting COVID-19
New research demonstrates the ability of a new respiratory responsive vocal biomarker machine-learning model to differentiate patients with COVID-19 from healthy individuals with about 70% accuracy.
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AACN Practice Alert: Manual Prone Positioning Guidance for ARDS Patients
A new AACN Practice Alert summarizes expected clinical practice to reduce the risk of complications related to manual prone positioning.
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New Arcturus Variant May Spark ‘Summer Surge,’ Epidemiologist Says
As of April 15, the Arcturus variant, officially named XBB.1.6, comprised 7.2% of all US COVID cases, an increase from 3.9% a week prior.
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Two Investigational Drugs Fail to Treat Severe COVID-19
The findings demonstrate that these drugs, which researchers say seem “very logical” from a mechanistic perspective, are not helpful in very sick patients with COVID-19 and should not be given.
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Market Analysis: The Impact of Cylinder-free Systems on Inhaled Nitric Oxide Delivery
RT magazine spoke with manufacturers of inhaled nitric oxide delivery systems about the latest market innovations in the iNO industry, specifically about the impact of cylinder-free (“tankless”) systems, plus research on its potential use to treat other cardiopulmonary diseases.
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Natural COVID-19 Immunity Offers 84% Greater Protection
Natural immunity provides substantial protection against reinfection with COVID-19, according to research published in The Lancet, which found the risk of reinfection was 84% lower for those who had recovered from COVID-19 compared to those who had not been infected.
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Researchers Develop mRNA Vaccine Effective Against Deadly Bacteria
Researchers say the new technology can enable rapid development of effective vaccines for bacterial diseases, including those caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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Interstitial Lung Disease in Hospitalized COVID Patients
Approximately 11% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients had fibrotic patterning after recovery from acute illness, according to a new study from Imperial College London researchers published in AJRCCM.
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