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Patient Safety & Outcomes
When assessing breakthrough COVID-19 infections among fully vaccinated people, the data is clear: Few cases result in hospitalization or death. What's less understood is whether people with breakthrough cases can develop prolonged symptoms, or long COVID-19, The New York Times…
The CDC published new findings about individuals who reported adverse reactions after receiving Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.
Among 45 pediatric COVID-19 patients at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, at least 25 also have respiratory syncytial virus, the Houston Chronicle reported Aug. 11.
CDC released new data Aug. 11 regarding the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant people and is recommending all people 12 and older get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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While vasculitis — blood vessel damage and inflammation — has been seen in a few older patients with a severe COVID-19 infection, a recent report details the first known case of such damage in a 26-year-old patient.
Arkansas is reporting a new record of COVID-19 hospitalizations amid a coronavirus surge fueled by the delta variant, The Washington Post reported Aug. 10.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced several initiatives aimed at boosting capacity and resources to care for a rise in COVID-19 patients Aug. 9, including asking hospitals in the state to voluntarily postpone some elective procedures.
Thousands of Americans have reported unexpected menstrual cycle changes around the time they received a COVID-19 vaccine, though a causal link hasn't been scientifically established between the shot and the reported changes, according to NPR.
Amid a bed shortage, workers at Harris Health's Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital in Houston had to airlift an 11-month-old girl with COVID-19 to a pediatric center 170 miles away in Temple, Texas, the health system confirmed to Becker's Aug. 9.