Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job

Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Virus fears widen as omicron variant takes hold across US

The nation's second-largest city called off its New Year's Eve celebration Monday, and its smallest state re-imposed an indoor mask mandate as the omicron variant leaped ahead of other variants to become the dominant version ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Heart attack + COVID-19 significantly ups in-hospital mortality

(HealthDay)—Among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a concomitant diagnosis of COVID-19 is associated with significantly higher rates of in-hospital mortality, according to a study published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Sharp flu rebound expected after lifting of COVID distancing measures

New research warns that the United States could experience a severe influenza outbreak after public health measures like face masks and social distancing are lifted. These measures have protected people from COVID-19 and ...

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Pandemic tied to rising number of fatal opioid ODs

(HealthDay)—Opioid overdose deaths rose in several states during the coronavirus pandemic, according to authors of a new study who say their findings may help identify and assist at-risk people.

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