Category: Public Health

An eight-week interval between first and second doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines may be optimal for some people 12 and older, according to CDC vaccination schedule guidance updated Feb. 22. 

The omicron subvariant BA.2 should still be classified as an omicron sublineage rather than getting its own name, the World Health Organization said Feb. 22.

When children are infected with COVID-19, their innate immune systems mobilize against the virus more effectively than those of adults, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 21. 

The drug and poison information center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has recently seen a surge in calls about exposures to sodium azide  — a chemical found in some at-home COVID-19 test kits, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Feb…

Despite fewer cars on the road in the U.S. during the pandemic, preliminary data indicates increasing pedestrian death rates in the first half of 2020 compared to the first half of 2019, according to the Governor’s Highway Safety Association.

Here are 23 COVID-19-related research findings covered by Becker’s Hospital Review since Feb. 2:

The CDC has collected and withheld a trove of COVID-19 data on booster doses, hospitalizations and breakthrough infections, people familiar with the data told The New York Times in a Feb. 20 report. 

The U.S. identified 1,359 COVID-19 cases involving the omicron subvariant BA.2 as of Feb. 21, according to outbreak.info, a platform that tracks data on COVID-19 variants and is supported by the CDC and other national research groups.

Long COVID-19 must be at the forefront of healthcare leaders’ plans, The Washington Post editorial board stated Feb. 20.