CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that cortisol serves as an indicator of disease severity. GILZ expression appears to be a more effective marker of mortality prediction in moderate COVID-19 cases. However, routine measurement of GILZ levels is
As the United States (U.S.) moves toward the post-pandemic landscape, there remains a heightened need to increase the nursing workforce. The population continues to age, chronic illnesses are further exacerbated, and the highlight of the shortage of
CONCLUSIONS: Sotrovimab provides significant and rapid improvements in patient-reported COVID-19 symptoms, as measured by the FLU-PRO Plus. These results further show the benefits of sotrovimab in alleviating symptoms among high-risk patients with
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many changes that may impact anxiety symptoms (i.e., general anxiety and somatization), particularly for young adults who were at higher risk for anxiety than older adults. We examined anxiety symptoms before
Despite challenges in severity scoring systems, artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiography (AI-ECG) could assist in early coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity prediction. Between March 2020 and June 2022, we enrolled 1453 COVID-19
CONCLUSIONS: The presence of COVID-19-associated fungal infections cannot be excluded when multiple risk factors for fungal infections are present in patients with COVID-19 and the condition is rapidly deteriorating. Effective long-term monitoring of
CONCLUSIONS: Use of tobacco and/or cannabis, particularly co-use of both substances, were associated with poor mental health. Integrating mental health support with tobacco and cannabis cessation may address this co-morbidity.
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has served as a timely reminder that the existing drug discovery is a laborious, expensive, and slow process. Never has there been such global demand for a therapeutic treatment to be identified as a matter of such