The antiviral nirmatrelvir, which is part of Paxlovid, was linked to a significant reduction in the risk for long COVID and post-acute death in patients with at least one risk factor for severe illness, according to researchers.Recent research has indicated that nearly 19 million adults in the United States may have long COVID. The condition has had a substantial impact on patients, many of whom
Letter: Be aware of chronic kidney disease By Micki Jackson, Bellingham
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Many people still don’t take the pandemic seriously, even with worrisome variants causing a wave in hospitalizations. Dr. Sudhakar Karlapudi, chief medical and patient safety officer for PeaceHealth in northwest Washington stated, “the peak is way too high for hospitalizations.”
Evidence is accumulating that COVID-19’s ripple effects include an increase in diabetes diagnoses post-recovery, even among mild cases in children. Diabetes is the primary cause of chronic kidney disease; if diabetes cases increase, kidney disease increases. Even before COVID-19, CKD cases were accelerating at a pace faster than for all other noninfectious diseases, according to a study by the St. Louis Veterans Affairs health care system. While deaths in younger people attributable to kidney disease are rare, the numbers are rising. Overall, in ages 20 years and older, CKD deaths increased 58 percent fro
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More than 23,000 veterans enrolled in the St. Louis Veterans Affairs Healthcare system have received the first dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. More than 15,000 of them have received a second dose.
The St. Louis Veterans Affairs system expects to vaccinate up to 80% by the end of June.
That vaccination rate is on par with those of other VA systems across the country. The St. Louis VA system received its first doses of COVID-19 vaccine late December.
The system has vaccinated up to 800 people a day in recent weeks, in part because VA doctors have strong relationships with their patients, said Patty Hendrickson, associate director of patient care services.
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