UCLA end-of-life care program offers meaningful experience despite COVID-19 challenges
Photo Cred: UCLA Health By Katherine Shagoury A program offered by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Health’s intensive care units providing meaningful and compassionate support for dying patients...
Read MoreStudy finds cancer patients with poor antibody response to COVID-19 vaccines lack secondary immune response
Photo Cred: Mohammad Shahhosseini/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Patients with the blood cancer multiple myeloma often mount a poor antibody response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. Mount Sinai researchers have discovered...
Read MoreColumbia researchers expect worsened seasonal flu outbreaks for several years
Photo Cred: Engin Akyurt/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The United States could experience a severe influenza outbreak after public health measures like face masks and social distancing are lifted, according to...
Read MoreFDA expands COVID-19 booster emergency use authorization
Photo Cred: Ed Us/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorizations for booster doses of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations in eligible populations...
Read MoreMortality in patients with mental health conditions increased during COVID-19 pandemic
Photo Cred: Ridofranz By Katherine Shagoury The number of deaths amongst those with mental health conditions and intellectual disabilities was amplified during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a...
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The gut’s role in viral immunity
Photo Cred: Katemangostar/Freepik By Robert G. Silverman, DC, DACBN, DCBCN, MS, CCN, CNS, CSCS, CIISN, CKTP, CES, HKC, FAKTR An individual patient’s immune response to infection is closely linked to...
Read MoreResearchers uncover evidence of inflammatory micro clots in long-COVID patients
Photo Cred: Nguyễn Hiệp/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury New research indicates that an overload of various inflammatory molecules, “trapped” inside insoluble microscopic blood clots or micro clots, might be the cause...
Read MorePfizer asks FDA to authorize COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5-11
Photo Cred: CDC/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Pfizer and BioNTech officially submitted a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorization of its novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
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