A new study published in Laryngoscope has tackled the issue of whether healthcare workers who have been caring for patients in high-risk units during the COVID-19 outbreak are at increased risk for voice disorders. This cross-sectional study involved a questionnaire that more than 220 healthcare workers answered. The questionnaire included … [Read more...]
Healthcare Workers at Increased Risk for Voice Disorders During Pandemic
Several Studies Corroborate Value of Corticosteroids for Fighting COVID-19
Treatment and vaccine options for COVID-19 have been aggressively investigated this year as the world grapples with the pandemic. Several new publications in the medical journal JAMA have provided data that support the idea that corticosteroids may increase the chances of survival in people who become critically ill with COVID-19. In one of the … [Read more...]
How Zika Infection Could Increase Risk for Severe Illness from Dengue Fever
Zika virus has recently been overshadowed by COVID-19, but it was the virus many people had their eye on before the pandemic. The virus, which is spread via mosquito bites, has been described as causing symptoms that are reminiscent of - but milder than - those that occur with dengue fever. Like dengue fever, Zika virus is classified as a … [Read more...]
Asymptomatic Kids Testing Positive for COVID-19 at Rates Less than 1 Percent
As kids head back to school - in-person or virtually - debate continues about how safe it is for children to interact with one another and with adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. While there is now a consensus that children are at relatively low risk for severe illness resulting from COVID-19, how likely they are to be infected but asymptomatic … [Read more...]
Which Children Should Be Tested for COVID-19?
The role that children play in the spread of COVID-19 remains unclear. While it is largely consensus amongst the medical community that children are unlikely to become severely ill after infection with the virus, their infection rates and their likelihood of transmitting the virus to others is still not well understood. As schools slowly reopen, … [Read more...]