Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Exploring shifts in the human gut microbiome due to COVID-19

COVID-19, caused by an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. While some people developed severe illness and required medical care, many people ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Who is most at risk for long COVID?

A new study of more than 800,000 people has found that in the U.S., COVID "long haulers" were more likely to be older and female, with more chronic conditions than people in a comparison group who—after getting COVID—did ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 vaccine may lessen severity and duration of long COVID

Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, may lessen the severity and duration of long COVID in those with persistent symptoms after infection, suggests a study that closely imitates a randomized ...

Medications

Eight-week bedaquiline-linezolid noninferior for TB

A strategy of eight weeks of bedaquiline-linezolid is noninferior to a standard regimen for tuberculosis, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual Conference ...

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