- Assessment and feedback of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on physicians’ day-to-day practices: good knowledge may not predict good behavior: This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on resident physicians’ knowledge and protective behaviors for infection control in a tertiary hospital setting.
- Longitudinal Trends in Cardiovascular Risk Factor Profiles and Complications Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 Infection: Results From the American Heart Association COVID-19 Cardiovascular Dis: Researchers analyzed the American Heart Association COVID-19 CVD registry to investigate how rates of cardiovascular disease risk factors and complications have changed over time from April 2020 to December 2021.
- VEXAS syndrome following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination
- Erythema multiforme major associated with molnupiravir treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection: first report
- Leprosy reactions after SARS-COV2 (COVID-19) infection
- Interleukin-11 in Pathologies of the Nervous System: The study of the role of cytokines, such as Interleukin 11 (IL-11), in various pathological conditions of the body is a topical area in modern biomedicine. Understanding the physiological roles played by cytokines can help to find applications for them as pharmacological agents in clinical practice.
- Erythema multiforme major associated with molnupiravir treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection: first report
- Clinical significance of antinuclear antibody positivity in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019: This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of fluorescent antinuclear antibody (FANA)-positive patients admitted for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and identify FANA as a prognostic factor of mortality. Data from a university-affiliated hospital was collected from September 2020 to March 2022 and analyzed to determine the effects of FANA on mortality.
- Breath analysis by ultra-sensitive broadband laser spectroscopy detects SARS-CoV-2 infection: Cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy (CE-DFCS) is a state-of-the-art laser spectroscopic technique that can be used to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection through exhaled human breath. This rapid testing method is essential for fighting pandemics such as COVID-19.
- Corrigendum to “Cross-sectional analysis of students and school workers reveals a high number of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections during school reopening in Brazilian cities” [Heliyon 8 (11) (Novemb: This article corrects the DOI of the original article to 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11368.
- Daily briefing: Concerns about exercise as a treatment for long COVID
- Impaired beta2-adrenergic endothelium-dependent vasodilation in patients previously hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019: This study aims to assess the persistence of endothelial dysfunction in individuals previously hospitalized with COVID-19 by measuring the pulse wave response to salbutamol (PWRS) and change in augmentation index (AIx).
- Risk for Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus after COVID-19 among Korean Adults: A Nationwide Matched Cohort Study: This study investigated the incidence of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the post-acute phase of COVID-19. Data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, a representative national healthcare database in Korea, was used to establish a cohort of 348,180 individuals who were diagnosed with COVID-19 between January 1 and April 30, 2020. Results showed that the incidence of newly diagnosed T2DM was higher in the post-acute phase of COVID-19 than in the pre-COVID period.
- Students’ perceptions on distance learning: Problems to be solved in the post COVID-19 era
- Association between broadband capacity and telehealth utilization among Medicare Fee-for-service beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic: This study evaluated the association between broadband access and telehealth utilization across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data was collected from county-level broadband capacity and telehealth utilization, and results showed that counties with higher broadband capacity had higher telehealth utilization.
- Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on acute gallbladder disease in the emergency department: This study aimed to evaluate the time between symptom onset and surgery, as well as the perioperative severity of acute gallbladder disease (AGD) during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to before the pandemic. A retrospective, single-center cohort study was conducted on patients who presented to the emergency department with suspected AGD.

Daily News Pulse for April 05, 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.