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Study points out healthcare workers’ errors adhering to COVID-19 prevention protocols
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 07, 2023
Healthcare workers who had the highest risk for being exposed to SARS-CoV-2 also were most likely to be noncompliant with infection prevention measures, according to a new report.
Disparities plagued care for older adults of color during pandemic, report finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 11, 2023
Disparities plagued care for older adults of color during pandemic, report finds
Many older adults with chronic conditions engaged in hazardous drinking at pandemic’s onset: study
By
John Roszkowski
Jul 06, 2023
Nearly half of older adults with chronic conditions reported they engaged in hazardous drinking during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.
Slow recovery from illness may reflect pandemic-related stress: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2022
The pandemic itself, including related stress, may be contributing to slow recoveries after COVID and non-COVID illnesses alike, investigators say.
Mild COVID-19 can bring on insomnia, especially in those with anxiety or depression
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 05, 2024
Insomnia following a COVID-19 hospitalization already was well known among the medical community, but a new study finds that mild COVID-19 infections also are linked to the sleeping problem — especially...
Study: About 14 percent of Americans experienced long COVID
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 03, 2023
By the end of 2022, 1 in 7 people in the United States said they had long COVID, a new study published in PLoS ONE on Thursday showed.
Unexpected physician deaths swelled during pandemic — until vaccines arrived
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2023
Tragically, physicians have experienced high mortality linked to COVID-19 early in the pandemic. But mitigation measures and vaccination appear to have reduced deadly infections in this provider group,...
A new anti-bullying campaign?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Aug 02, 2022
You see them everywhere. Anti-bullying campaigns. People are bullied for just about anything. For looking different, for different beliefs, for sexual orientations, for race, creed, color, religion, etc. ...
59.5 percent of adult ED visits are for patients with chronic conditions tied to COVID risk
Sep 02, 2022
Patients with chronic conditions tied to a high risk of severe COVID-19 account for nearly 60% of ED visits, investigators say.