CDC: Racial, ethnic disparities in receipt of COVID-19 treatments
Editor's Note This study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds disparate monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment of COVID-19 in Hispanic, Black, Asian, and Other race patients, compared to non-Hispanic and White patients. Differences in treatment with dexamethasone and remdesivir were less apparent. Analyzing data from 41 healthcare…
Supreme Court blocks federal government’s vaccine mandate for large workplaces but not for healthcare facilities
Editor's Note The Supreme Court on January 13 blocked the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test requirement for workplaces with 100 or more employees, but the Court is allowing a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers at facilities that receive Medicaid and Medicare funds. The order covers more than 17 million healthcare workers…
NIOSH rescinds approval for ALG Health’s N95 respirator masks
Editor's Note The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has honored a request by N95 respirator mask manufacturer, ALG Health (Bryan, Ohio), to rescind all respirator approvals issued to ALG Health, effective immediately. As of January 6, any of the following ALG Health N95 respirators marked with a…
Risk of postop complications in COVID-19 patients after major elective surgery
Editor's Note This study led by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, finds that major elective surgery performed 0 to 4 weeks after COVID-19 infection is linked to an increased risk of postoperative complications. Of 5,479 patients analyzed, those who had surgery 0 to 4…
Association of a third dose of Pfizer vaccine with COVID-19 in HCWs
Editor's Note This Israeli study finds that a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was significantly associated with a lower rate of COVID-19 in healthcare workers (HCWs) over a median of 39 days of follow-up. Of 1,928 HCWs analyzed, 1,650 (85.6%) received a third dose booster. During follow-up, 44 HCWs…
Effectiveness of BBV152 COVID-19 vaccine against reinfection in HCWs
Editor's Note This study by researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, on the effectiveness of the inactivated whole virion vaccine BBV152 against COVID-19 reinfection of healthcare workers (HCWs), found a high protective effect of 86% in the fully vaccinated. Of 15,244 HCWs who participated in…
Nurse employment declined during first 15 months of COVID-19 pandemic
Editor's Note This study led by nurse researcher Peter I. Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN, at Montana State University, Bozeman, finds a tightening of the labor market for RNs, LPNs, and nursing assistants (NAs), marked by falling employment and rising wages from February 2020 through June 2021. The researchers found unprecedented…
Study: No significant link between COVID-19 infection rates and in-person learning
Editor's Note A nationwide study led by researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York, finds that COVID-19 infection rates were not statistically different in counties with in-person learning versus remote learning in most regions in the US. Analyzing data 12 weeks after schools opened (July to September 2020),…
Survey: One in five nurses burned out
Editor's Note Medscape’s 2021 Nurse Career Satisfaction Report, published December 29, 2021, found that the COVID-19 pandemic was responsible for the burnout of 20% of respondents, according to the January 3, 2022, Becker’s Hosptial Review. The survey of 10,788 nurses in various positions (ie, RNs, LPNs, APRNs) found the following:…
Characteristics, outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 Omicron patients in South Africa
Editor's Note Patients hospitalized with the Omicron variant have a different pattern of characteristics and outcomes than in previous waves of COVID-19, with patients being younger and having fewer comorbidities, fewer hospitalizations and respiratory diagnoses, and a decrease in severity and mortality, this study by researchers in Johannesburg, South Africa…
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