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Released: 26-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Flu-Vaccine Education in the Emergency Department Helps People get their Shot
Thomas Jefferson University

Patient education about flu shot during a non-life threatening emergency department visit increases vaccination rates, especially in patients without regular primary care.

Newswise: Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Study Shows Negative Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth Minority Mental Health
Released: 26-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Study Shows Negative Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth Minority Mental Health
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Recent historical, political and public health events, most notably the COVID-19 pandemic, have collectively contributed to increased stress and mental health challenges among many groups of people — including adolescents in racial and ethnic minorities.

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Newswise: Research offers hope for preventing post-COVID ‘brain fog’ by targeting brain’s blood vessels
Released: 21-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
Research offers hope for preventing post-COVID ‘brain fog’ by targeting brain’s blood vessels
University of Illinois Chicago

In a study of mice, researchers identified a mechanism that causes post-infection neurological problems

18-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Is the Burden of Neurologic Disease Higher After Influenza or COVID-19?
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

People who have an influenza infection are more likely to need medical care for neurologic disorders within the next year than people who have a COVID-19 infection, according to a study published in the March 20, 2024, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Targeting multiple COVID variants through the twist in the spike protein
University of Michigan

Teardrop-shaped particles designed to inactivate multiple strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could one day complement existing treatments for COVID-19, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan and Jiangnan University in Wuxi, China.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 1:40 PM EDT
New Study Reveals Insights into Lack of Durability in COVID Antibody Response to Infections and Vaccines
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Researchers at the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine published a new study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases investigating the short-lived antibody response following SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID.

Newswise: Choosing Over the Counter Drugs for COVID 19? It’s Complicated
Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Choosing Over the Counter Drugs for COVID 19? It’s Complicated
Florida Atlantic University

Researchers take a closer look at both the potential benefits and risks of acetaminophen, NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, as well as aspirin for the selection of OTC drugs to treat mild symptoms of COVID-19.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Text nudges can increase uptake of COVID-19 boosters– if they play up a sense of ownership of the vaccine
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Text nudges encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which had proven effective in prior real-world field tests, are also effective at prompting people to get a booster. The key in both cases is to include in the text a sense of ownership in the dose awaiting them.

Newswise: Mutations do not predict the severity of current variants of SARS-CoV-2
Released: 15-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Mutations do not predict the severity of current variants of SARS-CoV-2
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

New research from UNC Charlotte’s Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks has found that the two most prevalent strains of the virus that cause COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 variants BA.2.86 and JN.1, are not significantly better than their predecessor Omicron at evading immune responses and causing infections despite having a high number of mutations compared to previous variants.



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