- ROX Index and CURB-65 Score Used for Prognostication of COVID … – Physician’s Weekly: A study published in Family Medicine and Primary Care found that the global healthcare system was overwhelmed by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The study also found that patients who were overcrowded in hospitals experienced higher death rates, longer hospital stays, and higher healthcare expenses.
- 2022 in review: Will long Covid help us understand the … – Pulse: Around 3.4% of the population is experiencing self-reported symptoms of long Covid, which manifests as vague and debilitating symptoms similar to chronic fatigue syndrome. GPs are sympathetic to their long Covid patients, but lack effective treatment options.
- University of Leeds gets results with long COVID pacing trial – India Education Diary: A pacing rehabilitation programme that helps people with long COVID reduce their symptoms and increase activity levels has shown “impressive” results, say scientists. The patients also experienced some improvement in their activity levels and better quality of life.
- State denies Metuchen teacher sick leave request for possible … – My Central Jersey: A Campbell Elementary School teacher’s request to use sick leave to remain absent from school due to medical conditions which he claimed would put him at high risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19 has been denied by the state education commissioner.
- Are Vaccines Fueling New Covid Variants? – WSJ – The Wall Street Journal: Public-health experts are concerned about a new Omicron variant, called XBB, that is spreading quickly in the Northeast U.S. Some studies suggest that XBB is as different from the original Covid strain from Wuhan as the 2003 SARS virus. It isn’t clear that XBB is more dangerous than other variants, but it can evade antibodies from prior infection and vaccines, as well as existing monoclonal antibody treatments. There is also evidence that repeated vaccinations may make people more susceptible to XBB, which could be fueling the virus’s rapid evolution.
- New COVID variant ‘could be the one to watch out for in 2023’ after surge in cases, expert warns – Sky News: A new COVID variant called Omicron could be the one to “watch out for” this year after a surge in cases in the US, an expert has said. Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, highlighted the variant after a scientist said cases had been more than doubled in America in a week.
Daily News Pulse for April 05, 2023
April 5, 2023
Summary: The domestic box office is close to reaching pre-pandemic levels, with mid-budget films helping to bring moviegoers back. Research has found that diabetes is a major factor in the severity of COVID-19 cases. The US government is planning to authorize booster doses of the vaccine for high-risk populations.
