Editor's Note This study from the Mayo Clinic finds that despite calls for the expansion of outpatient surgery to mitigate the growing backlog of surgical cases during COVID-19, the transition of general surgery procedures from inpatient to outpatient settings occurred in only a small subset of procedures. This cohort study…

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Editor's Note This Japanese study finds nightlife settings to be associated with more transmissions of COVID-19 than household or healthcare settings. Of 44,054 confirmed COVID-19 cases, more than 6,600 transmission settings were identified. Nightlife (18.9%) and healthcare (36.2%) settings were more likely to involve five or more cases, compared with…

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Editor's Note This systematic review and meta-analysis by researchers at the University of Washington, Seattle, finds that natural immunity provided by past COVID-19 infection offers strong protection against reinfection and severe disease for at least 40 weeks. The analysis included 65 studies from 19 countries. Among the findings: For those…

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Float teams have been a staple of nurse-staffing plans for many years, but they have not been widely used in the operating room. Utah Valley Hospital, a Level II trauma center in Provo, Utah, and part of the Intermountain Healthcare system, has been developing float teams for nearly 2 decades.…

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Editor's Note Those who experience anxiety and depression months after a mild case of COVID-19 may have brain changes that affect its function and structure, finds a study that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting in April. The study, by researchers at the University of…

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Editor's Note This study led by researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, finds that cardiopulmonary, financial, and functional problems were highly prevalent in patients at 6 months after COVID-19 hospitalization.  This analysis includes a national US cohort of 825 adults discharged from 44 hospitals after COVID-19…

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Editor's Note In a press release published on February 15, Moderna announced that will remain “committed to ensuring” people in the US will have access to its COVID-19 vaccines even after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ends on May 11, 2023, regardless of people’s ability to pay. The public health…

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Editor's Note This study led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, finds that individuals with post-COVID-19 condition (PCC), also known as long COVID, are less likely to be working and working full time.  Of 15,308 survey respondents with test-confirmed COVID-19 at least 2 months prior: …

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Editor's Note The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 8 identified the recall by Universal Meditech Inc of its Skippack Medical Lab SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test (Colloidal Gold) as Class I, the most serious. The recall was initiated because the tests were distributed to US customers without authorization, clearance,…

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Editor's Note This study led by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, finds that a preinfection healthy lifestyle was linked to a substantially decreased risk of post-COVID-19 condition (PCC), informally known as long COVID. This prospective cohort analysis included 32,249 women in the Nurses’ Health…

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