NIH officials call on healthcare providers to understand COVID-19 vaccine facts, unknowns
Photo Cred: Sam Moqadam/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Healthcare providers must be able to explain the latest data supporting the safety and efficacy of vaccines for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) so...
Read MoreIntegrative Healthcare Symposium postpones May edition
Photo Cred: Roberto Vivancos/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The Integrative Healthcare Symposium, scheduled to take place May 2-4, 2021 at the Hilton Midtown in New York City, has been postponed by...
Read MoreHHS extends COVID-19 public health emergency
Photo Cred: Anna Lowe/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) extended the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency declaration ahead of its expiration on...
Read MoreCDC updates clinical considerations for COVID-19 vaccine
Photo Cred: Steven Cornfield/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in updated interim guidelines that anyone with a history of immediate allergic reaction...
Read MoreCOVID-19 variants may lead to false negative tests, FDA says
Photo Cred: Karolina Grabowska/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Genetic variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), may lead to false negative test results with molecular tests, according...
Read MoreEarly convalescent plasma treatment reduced COVID-19 progression in older adults
Photo Cred: Gustavo Fring/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Early administration of high-titer convalescent plasma against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to mildly ill infected older adults reduced...
Read MoreAnalysis of COVID-19 immune response post-infection points to protective immunity
Photo Cred: Pixabay/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Researchers who studied antibody and immune cell responses in more than 180 men and women who had recovered from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reported...
Read MoreResearchers urge caution with remdesivir as COVID-19 treatment
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Research from the University of Cincinnati contends that this antiviral drug is being used too indiscriminately when treating patients hospitalized with the virus,...
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