Wildfire smoke may have contributed to thousands of extra COVID-19 cases and deaths in western U.S. in 2020
Thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in California, Oregon, and Washington between March and December 2020 may be attributable to increases in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke, according to a new study co-authored by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study is the first to quantify the degree […]
New Orleans Jazz Fest Cancelled Over COVID Surge
Latest Coronavirus News TUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) Skyrocketing numbers of COVID-19 cases in Louisiana have forced the cancellation of this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The annual event was to take place in October and is one of the city’s largest attractions next to Mardi Gras, CBS News reported. […]
More Data Support Active Surveillance for Small Renal Masses
Patients with small renal masses avoided interventions in 70% of cases during about 3 years of active surveillance that had a standard protocol to identify progression requiring intervention, investigators reported. During 31-34 months of follow-up, 37 of 123 patients met criteria for intervention, and 29 of the 37 underwent delayed intervention. The cohort had a […]
Raise a Glass? Study Tallies Cancer Cases From Booze
More than 700,000 new cases of cancer worldwide in 2020 were attributable to alcohol consumption, according to a population-based modeling study. Men accounted for about three-quarters of these cancer cases, which most commonly affected the esophagus and liver, reported Harriet Rumgay, BSc, of the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s Cancer Surveillance Branch in Lyon, […]
Did Fecal Transplant Stop COVID in Its Tracks?
Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) was safe in two hospitalized patients who were co-infected with cases of COVID-19 that quickly resolved, raising questions about the procedure’s effect on the virus. FMT was effective for the two patients, who were receiving the treatment for Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, reported Jaroslaw […]
‘Modest’ Erectile Dysfunction Benefit With GLP-1 Agonist
GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment in men with type 2 diabetes may thwart some new cases of erectile dysfunction, an exploratory analysis of a randomized trial suggested. The findings, from the Researching Cardiovascular Events with a Weekly Incretin in Diabetes (REWIND) trial, showed that slightly fewer men developed erectile dysfunction while on long-term treatment with once-weekly […]
FDA to Add Warning on Rare Myocarditis Risk After COVID Vaccination
Given the reported cases of myocarditis in young people who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, FDA will include a warning statement about the risks and characteristics of this rare condition, an agency representative said at CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting on Wednesday. Data presented by CDC staff estimated a rate of 12.6 cases […]