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Children who get COVID-19 typically recover quickly and will not require special support upon return to school. However, some people who contract the disease experience persistent symptoms and post-viral complications. These complications can include fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog, changes in taste and smell, and headaches. This post-viral syndrome is called long-haul COVID-19, more

A Medscape poll on clinicians’ confidence surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11 showed significant hesitancy. Among physician respondents who have children in that age group, 30% said they would not want their children to be vaccinated; 9% were unsure. For nurses/advanced practice registered nurses, more (45%) (said they did not want their kids

While people with certain psychiatric disorders were less likely to test positive for COVID-19, they still faced higher mortality than the general population, researchers reported. Compared with the 11.91% COVID-19 positivity rate in the general population in 2020, individuals with schizophrenia or mood disorders saw lower positivity rates (9.86% each), according to Antonio L. Teixeira,

When the delta variant became the most dominant strain of the novel coronavirus in the United States in July, experts sounded alarm over its ability to be transmitted rapidly compared to other strains. At its peak, the delta-driven wave recorded over 127,000 cases in mid-September. Since then, the cases have steadily declined, but still not

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Pfizer announced on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine provided long-term protection against the virus in a late-stage clinical trial among adolescents ages 12-15. A two-dose series was 100% effective against COVID-19, which was measured between 7 days and 4 months after

Hypertension is associated with more than a twofold increased risk of developing late-onset epilepsy (LOE) even in patients who have not had a previous stroke, new research suggests. After excluding individuals with normal blood pressure who were taking antihypertensive medication, investigators found hypertension was linked to an almost 2.5-fold higher risk of epilepsy. “Our findings

A survey of women who gave birth during the pandemic linked disruptions in prenatal care, discrimination, and COVID-19-related stressors with incomplete vaccination in their infants. Among more than 1,000 infants born from April and July 2020, 8.0% had incomplete vaccinations at ages 3 to 5 months (split between 4.6% receiving some and 3.4% not receiving

The risk of a baby dying during childbirth is reportedly higher in pregnant moms who contract the delta variant of the novel coronavirus. Other complications are also being monitored by experts amid the ongoing pandemic.  Latest Pregnancy And COVID-19 Findings Two new studies published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday

US regulators have put some of the new clozapine risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) program on temporary hold because of start-up difficulties, including long telephone wait times. In a November 19 statement , the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is temporarily suspending certain aspects of the program because of challenges reported

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Frozen vials labeled “Smallpox” that were discovered in a freezer at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania “contain no trace of virus known to cause smallpox,” federal health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that testing showed the vials contain “vaccinia, the virus used in smallpox vaccine”

“Frankly, it’s a travesty that in the middle of a pandemic we have such poor access to rapid testing.” — Carlos del Rio, MD, of Emory University in Atlanta, about the high cost of rapid COVID tests. “Are patients treated appropriately? The answer is no.” — Elan Guterman, MD, of the University of California San

Cases of the flu, that once annual viral intruder that was regularly the country’s worst annual health crisis, is showing signs of waking up again this fall. But, experts say, it is far too early to say if the country will have a normal – i.e., bad – flu season or a repeat of last

Nov. 19, 2021 — President Joe Biden is in “good spirits” following his trip to Walter Reed hospital today for his first annual physical exam and routine colonoscopy as commander-in-chief, according to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. A colonoscopy is a medical procedure where doctors examine your large intestine (colon) and your rectum. A flexible tube with a small camera at the tip

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include a new blood thinner, COVID and

Some patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) don’t respond well enough even to “quartet therapy,” the combination of drugs from four separate classes recommended as first-line agents to be initiated early after the diagnosis. A member of yet another drug class, tentatively envisioned as second- or third-line option in such cases, may

The crystalline clarity with which smartphones can now capture images has been put to another innovative use: monitoring patients who’ve undergone emergency abdominal surgery for surgical-site infections (SSIs) and allowing physicians to diagnose them earlier in the postoperative period before they morph into a much bigger problem. “Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, there have been

The emergence of the Delta variant was “heartbreaking,” in part because of the COVID-19 vaccines’ longevity limitations, but their development less than a year into the pandemic demonstrated that “America can work,” noted Matthew Hepburn, MD, at a virtual event featuring pandemic lessons Thursday. Hepburn, who led vaccine development for the federal government’s Countermeasures Acceleration

New evidence that women with breast cancer face an increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) comes from a multiethnic study of more than 85,000 older American women. The incidence of new-onset AF was 0.6%, 2.1%, and 3.3% at 30 days, 6 months, and 1 year after a breast cancer diagnosis, compared with 0.2%, 0.9%, and 1.8%, respectively, among

Washington has reported its third case of a person dying after getting their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The news has since put the spotlight on the number of people dying despite being fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.  Deaths Following COVID-19 Vaccination The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which is run by the

Most cases of new daily persistent headache (NDPH) are moderate to severe and many feature characteristics often associated with migraine, according to a new retrospective chart review. “Future prospective studies are needed to better understand this disabling disorder,” wrote Randolph W. Evans, MD, of Baylor College of Medicine of Houston, and Dana P. Turner, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital and

MedPage Today asked several doctors and public health experts to share their holiday plans in light of the current COVID-19 situation in the U.S. With the availability of vaccines and testing, would their holidays look vastly different from last year? Or are they erring on the side of caution, especially given the recent plateau —

The common antidepressant fluoxetine, that is sold under the brand name Prozac, was recently found to lower the death risk of patients suffering severe COVID-19 infection.  The Study A large study utilizing data from 83,584 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from 87 health care centers in the U.S. found that the administration of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. When people wear face masks to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the number of new COVID-19 infections drops by 53%, according to a new study published Thursday in the British Medical Journal. Social distancing and handwashing were also effective at

The flu season is already here, and it entails another serious threat on top of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But experts are more worried about the influenza virus than SARS-CoV-2, which has been ravaging many parts of the world since last year.  Flu Outbreak At University Of Michigan School officials said Monday that 528 cases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that an estimated 100,306 Americans died from drug overdoses during the period of April 2020 to April 2021, a 28.5% increase from the previous year. Deaths in some states rose even more precipitously. Vermont saw an almost-70% increase, and drug overdose deaths in West Virginia increased

Prehospital treatment of people with status epilepticus rarely was consistent with expert guidelines, an analysis of emergency medical service (EMS) agency records showed. Initial treatment was concordant with guidelines in only 3.9% of 9,176 EMS encounters for status epilepticus, reported Elan Guterman, MD, of the University of California San Francisco, and co-authors in a JAMA

There’s no doubt that Black Friday 2021 will offer amazing deals and discounts on just about everything you might need or want. If you’ve been planning to get fit and healthy, then make sure to check out the best deals on exercise and health equipment you can get this year. The Best Buy Black Friday deals offer a wide

Smartphones are part and parcel to everyday life, including medicine. Here’s how to handle that. Joe Lindsey, a 48-year old Colorado-based journalist, has dealt with complex hearing loss for about 15 years. which has led to countless doctor’s visits, treatments, and even surgery in hopes of finding improvement. As time went on and Lindsey’s hearing