Jonna Lorenz is a freelance journalist with more than 20 years of experience. Her background is in business and health care news, including reporting, editing and research for newspapers and websites.
Monoclonal Antibodies to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection Shows Positive Results
August 26th 2021Positive results of a phase 3 trial of Regeneron’s monoclonal antibodies treatment REGEN-COV among people at high risk for COVID-19 because of household exposure support the drug’s use for post-exposure prophylaxis.
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Football Games with Limited Attendance Not Associated with COVID-19 Spread
August 24th 2021Attendance of professional and college football games may resume with COVID-19 mitigation measures, according to a study that found no association between games with limited attendance and COVID-19 cases.
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A Clinical Decision Support Strategy Boosted Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Hospitalized Children
July 30th 2021A clinical decision support (CDS) strategy including a default influenza vaccine order for eligible patients, a nursing script using a presumptive strategy, and education for clinicians, was associated with significant improvement in vaccination rates among hospitalized children, a new study showed.
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Prevalence of Serious Bacterial Infections Among Febrile Infants Spikes During Pandemic
July 25th 2021An emergency department in Canada saw a steep drop in emergency department visits and a spike in the proportion of serious bacterial infections among newborns and young infants during the first year of the pandemic, a new study found.
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CDC: COVID-19 Hospitalizations of Adolescents Reinforce Need for Prevention
July 1st 2021COVID-19-associated hospitalization of adolescents is more than 12 times less likely than that of adults, but exceeds that associated with influenza by 2.5 to 3 times, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported.
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COVID-19 Infections, Deaths Higher in Nursing Homes with More Black Residents
June 6th 2021COVID-19 infections were 13.6 percentage points higher in nursing homes with 50% or more Black residents, and deaths were 3.5 percentage points higher, compared with nursing homes with no Black residents, a new study found.
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Lenzilumab for COVID-19 Improves Survival Without Ventilation in Phase 3 Trial
May 26th 2021Early treatment with lenzilumab improved the likelihood of survival without ventilation by 54% among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who were hypoxic but not on invasive mechanical ventilation, a new study found.
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Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy Noninferior for Pediatric Pneumonia
May 17th 2021A new study in Canada suggests clinical practice guidelines should consider recommending days of amoxicillin for treatment of outpatient pediatric pneumonia in previously healthy children not requiring hospitalization.
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Immune Response From mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Is More Robust Than Natural Infection
May 3rd 2021Antibody levels induced by mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are much higher than those induced by natural infection and confer cross-reactivity that could be effective against new variants, a new study from the University of California, Irvine, found.
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Hospital-Associated SAB, CDI More Than Twice as Likely Among Cancer Patients
May 2nd 2021Cancer patients are more than twice as likely to acquire hospital-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (HA-SAB) and Clostridioides difficile infection (HA-CDI) than others, a new study from Australia found.
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