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The Argument Against Routine Antibiotics for Patients With Nonsevere COVID-19

May 19th 2025

Over 500,000 US patients hospitalized with nonsevere COVID-19 saw no clinically significant benefit and potential harm associated with routine early antibiotic treatment, supporting antibiotic stewardship to limit unnecessary use.

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Burnout Among Health Care Workers Drops Post Pandemic but Remains Elevated

April 21st 2025

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WHO Members Draft Future Pandemic Agreement

April 16th 2025

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Bias Reduction, Better Access Key to COVID-19 Equity Gains

April 14th 2025

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COVID-19 Linked to Increased Kidney Risks in Children

April 11th 2025

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October 13th 2023

What We’re Reading: Medicare Premiums Rising; Updated Brain Death Guidelines; Multiple COVID-19 Infections in Black Patients

AJMC Staff
Medicare Part A and B premiums are set to increase by $9.80 next year; 20 experts from various specialties and institutions have developed updated brain death guidelines; many Black patients are strongly affected by multiple COVID-19 infections due to a lack of health insurance and health care access.
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October 11th 2023

Spending Patterns Among Commercially Insured Individuals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ravi B. Parikh, MD, MPP Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD Yueming Zhao, MPH David R. Pagnotti, MS Stuart Hagen, PhD David A. Pizza, PhD Amol S. Navathe, MD, PhD
In this analysis of more than 97 million commercially insured individuals, investigators found that the COVID-19 pandemic induced a spending shock in 2020 and that health care spending did not recover to baseline until mid-2021.
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September 28th 2023

What We’re Reading: Shutdown's Impact on Medicare, Medicaid; Medicare Advantage Offerings; Nursing Homes Wait for Shots

AJMC Staff
A government shutdown could impact Medicaid and Medicare in important ways; new Medicare Advantage plans personalize offerings to special populations; nursing homes are still waiting for COVID-19 shots since the US government has stepped back.
What We’re Reading: Updated COVID-19 Vaccines; National Blood Shortages; Lack of Doctor Diversity
September 12th 2023

What We’re Reading: Updated COVID-19 Vaccines; National Blood Shortages; Lack of Doctor Diversity

AJMC Staff
FDA approves updated COVID-19 booster vaccines; low donor turnout and climate disasters result in a national blood shortage; minority patients discouraged by lack of doctor diversity.
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August 25th 2023

What We’re Reading: New Sepsis Guidelines; Mask Mandates Return; Tech-Supported Public Health Program

AJMC Staff
CDC outlines new procedures for sepsis response; mask mandates resurface during COVID-19 increase; a recent study shows that technology can help support public health programs.
Antinucleocapsid Antibody Response Can Help Diagnose Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2, Improve Treatment Access
August 24th 2023

Antinucleocapsid Antibody Response Can Help Diagnose Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2, Improve Treatment Access

Kyle Munz
Researchers investigated methods for measuring prior exposure in patients with suspected, undocumented COVID-19 infection to give better access to care and counsel.
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August 23rd 2023

What We’re Reading: Insurers Publicly Shamed; HHS Grants for COVID-19 Countermeasures; Medicare Obesity Drug Coverage

AJMC Staff
Patients and physicians are publicly shaming insurance companies on social media for the troublesome prior authorization process; HHS has awarded $1.4 billion in grants for the creation of new technologies and tools to prevent COVID-19 infection; Novo Nordisk has increased lobbying efforts to allow Medicare coverage of weight loss drugs.
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August 18th 2023

COVID-19 Booster During Pregnancy Bolsters Individuals' Immune Responses, Antibody Transfer to Infants

Kyle Munz
In this multicenter cohort study, COVID-19 vaccination at any gestational stage improved antibody responses for pregnant individuals and their infants. Booster vaccine recipients demonstrated increased benefits in these effects at delivery.
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August 9th 2023

Personality Traits Indicative of COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes, Study Finds

Kyle Munz
Researchers using the Big Five Inventory-2 Short Form questionnaire in a large-scale survey have associated certain personality traits with the openness to accept or refuse the COVID-19 vaccine.
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August 9th 2023

What We’re Reading: Gene Linked to Long COVID; Push to Investigate Nonprofit Hospitals; Potential New Protections for Pregnant Workers

AJMC Staff
Patients with a specific gene are more likely to develop long COVID; senators send letters to the Internal Revenue Service, urging them to investigate the practices of nonpartisan hospitals; pregnant workers and workers with newborns could potentially gain job accommodations through a new proposal.
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August 4th 2023

Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir Reduces Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalization, Death, Study Finds

Kyle Munz
The body of research on nirmatrelvir-ritonavir demonstrates a plethora of benefits in the treatment of COVID-19, and authors of a recent study identified more advantages to administering the treatment to patients with COVID-19.
Factors That Increase the Risk of Long COVID in Children
July 30th 2023

Factors That Increase the Risk of Long COVID in Children

Nina Cosdon
More symptoms, older age, and longer hospitalization time increased the risk of post–COVID-19 conditions, aka long COVID, in children.
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July 28th 2023

COVID-19 Incidence Disparities Lessened After Vaccine Availability Despite Differences in Community Vaccination Coverage

Kyle Munz
After the COVID-19 vaccine was released, disparities in COVID-19 incidence shrunk. However, although efforts were made to increase access to the COVID-19 vaccine in low-income areas, discrepancies in overall vaccination coverage persisted between higher- and lower-income communities.
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July 28th 2023

What We’re Reading: Spending Bill Freeze; Cannabidiol as a Dietary Supplement; COVID-19 Misinformation Punishment

AJMC Staff
Intraparty disagreements over mifepristone cause pause in spending bill agreement until August recess ends; Officials urge the FDA to regulate cannabidiol as a dietary supplement; State medical boards tasked with protecting Americans frequently failed to stop doctors for COVID-19 misinformation.
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July 25th 2023

Analysis Shows 100 Million Non–COVID-19 Adult Vaccines Potentially Missed

John Parkinson
The COVID-19 pandemic had a particularly negative impact on the uptake of non–COVID-19 vaccines for adults in some countries. Even countries with great progress in adult vaccination prior to the pandemic saw a decline after the pandemic.
What We’re Reading: Political Affiliation to COVID-19 Excess Deaths; Expanding Mental Health Coverage; Heat Waves, Poor Air Quality Doubles Risk of Heart Attacks
July 25th 2023

What We’re Reading: Political Affiliation and Excess Deaths; Expanding Mental Health Coverage; Heat, Air Pollution Risk

AJMC Staff
Political leanings appear to be associated with mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic; the Biden administration takes steps to ensure parity between mental and physical health benefits; extreme heat and air pollution amplify heart attack risk.
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July 20th 2023

What We’re Reading: Insurer Denials in Medicaid; Dementia Risk by Neighborhood; Asymptomatic Gene Variant in COVID-19

AJMC Staff
Insurers supervising the health care of Medicaid patients repeatedly reject providers’ approval of care; individuals are more likely to develop dementia if they live in disadvantaged neighborhoods; a type of an immunity gene is found in people who test positive for COVID-19 but don’t develop symptoms.
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July 14th 2023

What We’re Reading: New CMS Proposals; WHO's Aspartame Warning; Reasonable COVID-19 Vaccine Prices

AJMC Staff
CMS releases its 2024 Physician Fee Schedule, including a conversion factor cut, and proposes behavioral health efforts; a World Health Organization (WHO) agency says that aspartame may cause cancer, but another one maintains that it remains generally safe; HHS calls for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to ensure reasonable pricing for their upcoming fall shots.
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July 5th 2023

What We’re Reading: UNOS Extends Deadline; 2022 Year-End COVID-19 Exposure; Gavi Approves New Polio Vaccine

AJMC Staff
Lifesaving organ supply disruption avoided for now; approximately a quarter of the US population had not been exposed to COVID-19 by the end of 2022; Gavi will offer developing countries a new polio vaccine.
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June 27th 2023

Healthy Sleep Prior to COVID-19 Pandemic Possibly Protective Against Long COVID

Justina Petrullo
Healthy sleep before being infected with SARS-CoV-2 infection and before and during the COVID-19 pandemic might protect against post–COVID-19 condition, or long COVID.
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June 7th 2023

How Do Primary Hospitals Enact Early Response to the Relaxation of COVID-19 Prevention and Control Measures? The Experience From Chengdu, China

Yuwei Kang, MB Junjie Mou, MM Bo Lv, PhD Ping Liu, MB Yuting Fu, MB Wei Yang, MB Wei Zhou, MB Shijie Ma, MB Sheng Xiao, MB Run Wang, MB Fei Deng, MM
This article examines how primary hospitals in Chengdu, China, responded to the relaxation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures in December 2022.
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June 6th 2023

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Health Literacy in US Southern States

Hadii M. Mamudu, PhD, MPA Manik Ahuja, PhD Esther Adeniran, DrPH Adekunle Oke, MD, DrPH Bridget Hamilton, MPH KariLynn Dowling-McClay, PharmD, MPH Rebecca A. Fletcher, PhD David W. Stewart, PharmD JoAnne Collins, MPH Janet Keener, EdD Timir K. Paul, MD, PhD Florence M. Weierbach, PhD, MPH, RN
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is not associated with health literacy. Personal perception of threat was associated with reduced vaccine hesitancy.
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May 26th 2023

What We’re Reading: COVID-19 Drug Approval; Thousands Lost Medicaid Coverage; Menstrual Cycles and CVD Risk

AJMC Staff
The FDA approves Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 drug; hundreds of thousands of people lose Medicaid coverage after pandemic protections expire; irregular menstrual cycles seem to be linked with higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks.
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April 25th 2023

Dr Shruti Agnihotri Highlights the Importance of Value-Based Neurologic Care for Post–COVID-19 Patients

Justina Petrullo
Shruti Agnihotri, MD, associate professor at the University of Alabama Birmingham, discusses how value-based care can help patients who experience neurologic chronic disease states after COVID-19, in addition to patients with conditions like stroke and dementia.
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April 23rd 2023

Review Identifies Factors Linked With COVID-19 Discharge to Postacute Care Facilities

Gianna Melillo
Older age, more comorbidities, and having higher baseline inflammatory markers were among these factors.
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April 18th 2023

Most COVID-19 RCT Abstracts Posted to medRxiv Published After 1 Year

Gianna Melillo
Preprints, or research that is not peer reviewed, are becoming increasingly important in medical communication for findings of randomized clinical trials (RCTs).
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April 16th 2023

Review Probes Intricacies of Protecting Kidney Transplant Recipients From COVID-19

Jared Kaltwasser
Vaccines were safe in transplant recipients, but their efficacy was affected by immunosuppressive therapies.
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April 12th 2023

Limited English Proficiency, Other Language Preference Associated With Increased COVID-19 Hospitalization Rates

Julia Bonavitacola
Patients who had limited proficiency with English or preferred the use of another language had increased hospitalization and death rates if they delayed time to their first dose of the vaccine.
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April 10th 2023

Anxiety, Depression, Suicidal Ideation Common Among College Students at Start of COVID-19 Pandemic

Jared Kaltwasser
The study was designed and conducted by undergraduate researchers.
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March 22nd 2023

Kashyap Patel, MD, Sees Link Between COVID-19 and Cancer Progression, Calls for More Biomarker Testing

Hayden E. Klein
Recent papers highlight possible role of inflammation in connections between COVID-19, cancer markers.
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