Infectious Diseases
Opinion
COVID can mimic prostate cancer symptoms
“I had none of those previously reported experiences that could suddenly trigger a spike in PSA.”
Feature
NOVIDs: Do some have the genes to dodge COVID?
Some in the U.S. have apparently managed to avoid the virus, data suggest.
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: A look back as the fourth year begins
Incidence measures continue to decline after the winter without a tripledemic.
From the Journals
Factors linked with increased VTE risk in COVID outpatients
While the overall risk for VTE was low, age of at least 55 years, being male, and having a BMI of at least 30 and history of VTE increased the...
Latest News
Are early childhood viral infections linked with asthma?
Globally, 28% of children infected by either rhinovirus of RSV were deemed to have asthma at 6 years of age.
Feature
‘Breakthrough’ study: Diabetes drug helps prevent long COVID
Metformin led to a 42% drop in long COVID among people who had a mild to moderate COVID-19 infection.
Perspectives
Toxic chemicals we consume without knowing it
“A grossly underappreciated driver in what ails us is the role of environmental toxins and endocrine-disrupting chemicals.”
Opinion
Physicians and clinicians should be required to get flu shots: Ethicist
“I think flu vaccination is something that has already been shown to be useful and important.”
Conference Coverage
Prone positioning curbs need for intubation in nonintubated COVID-19 patients
The use of so-called “awake prone positioning” has been common since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
From the Journals
COVID vs. flu: Which is deadlier?
People who were hospitalized with Omicron COVID-19 infections were 54% more likely to die, compared with people who were hospitalized with the flu...