CDC: HIV Coinfection in Over 80% of Hospitalized Monkeypox Cases
In a cohort of patients hospitalized for monkeypox, four out of five had HIV and one in five died, CDC researchers said. Of the 57 adults hospitalized due to serious complications from monkeypox, 82.5% had HIV and 8.5% were receiving antiretroviral therapy, reported Maureen Miller, MD, of the CDC’s Monkeypox Emergency Response Team, and colleagues. […]
‘Bridgerton’ Actor Ruby Barker Hospitalized For Mental Health Issue
“Bridgerton” actor Ruby Barker said Thursday that she’s been hospitalized for a mental health issue and had been “really unwell for a really long time.” (Watch the clip below.) In an Instagram video from a medical center where she said she’ll soon be leaving, Barker said she was feeling better, but it has been a […]
Particulate Matter Size Tied to Stroke Mortality
Hospitalized stroke patients living in areas with greater air pollution were more likely to die from their stroke, but the size of ambient particulate matter (PM) and duration of exposure both played a role in the level of risk, an observational study from China indicated. Effect sizes were greatest for smaller-sized particles (PM1) and with […]
Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and CKD Face Poor COVID Outcomes
SAN DIEGO — Certain factors were highly predictive of severe COVID illness in hospitalized patients who had type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), a researcher reported. In a single-center study of patients with T2D and CKD hospitalized with COVID-19 infection, having hyperglycemia upon admission was tied with more than a 10 times […]
55% of Hospitalized COVID Patients Still Had Symptoms at 2 Years
More than half of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, during the initial outbreak reported at least one symptom a couple of years later, researchers found. The proportion of COVID-19 survivors with at least one sequelae symptom 2 years later came in at 55%, and the most frequent symptoms were fatigue or muscle weakness, […]
Hailey Bieber’s Mini-Stroke
Model Hailey Bieber announced that she had recently been hospitalized for a “mini-stroke.” In March, the 25-year-old was eating breakfast with husband, pop star Justin Bieber, when she felt a sudden shooting pain down her arm. As she explained in a YouTube video, when asked by Justin if she was OK, she was unable to […]
Did Black Patients with COVID-19 See Greater Benefits With Novel Mab Therapy?
Hospitalized Black/African-American patients with COVID-19, and a baseline C-reactive protein (CRP) <150 mg/L, experienced a “markedly greater improvement” in survival without ventilation (SWOV), according to an analysis of LIVE-AIR study data. While SWOV at 28 days was improved among all patients with the agent versus placebo (hazard ratio 2.54, 95% CI 1.46-4.41, P=0.0009), the benefit […]
What Experts Want Parents To Know About Soaring COVID Hospitalizations In Kids
A record number of children have been hospitalized with COVID-19 amid the ongoing omicron surge. An average of 797 children were admitted to hospitals daily over the past week — double the number from just two weeks ago. And overall pediatric cases continue to climb. Those numbers are a disheartening setback in a pandemic that […]
Worse COVID-19 Outcomes for Disabled MS Patients
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who were disabled were more likely to be hospitalized, end up in the intensive care unit (ICU) or on a ventilator, or die if they developed COVID-19, North American registry data showed. Of non-ambulatory MS patients with COVID-19, 14.0% died, 8.3% were in the ICU or on a ventilator, and 24.6% […]
COVID-19 hospitalizations increase among unvaccinated pregnant women: Cases at major public hospital show role of Delta variant in severe illnesses
Unvaccinated pregnant women are increasingly being hospitalized with COVID-19 during a nationwide surge of the Delta variant, according to research from UT Southwestern Medical Center. The study — which covers more than 1,500 cases in the Dallas area since May 2020 — offers a snapshot of what doctors believe is happening in communities across the […]