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Medical Grand Rounds: The Omicron Surge: Testing, Clinical Aspects, Vaccines, and Global Implications
Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, and members of the Boston medical community discuss clinical aspects and global implications of the omicron surge.
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Severe Allergic Reactions Are Rare with COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
A prospective study of employee mRNA COVID-19 vaccination at Mass General Brigham linked self-reported history of high-risk allergy to increased risk of self-reported allergic reactions, but only 0.3% of employees had severe reactions and the vast majority completed the two-dose series.
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Prolonged Symptoms Rare in College Athletes Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection, However, Exertional Chest Pain After Infection Warrants Further Evaluation
Using a nationwide registry, cardiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital determined that few college athletes who develop SARS-CoV-2 infection have prolonged symptoms, but exertional symptoms on return to exercise, especially chest pain, warrant clinical evaluation and consideration of cardiac MRI to assess for inflammatory heart disease.
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Neuropsychiatric Symptoms After COVID-19 Hospitalization No More Frequent Than After Other Hospitalizations
Victor M. Castro, MS, Roy Perlis, MD, MSc, and colleagues determined that new-onset neuropsychiatric symptoms are common up to 150 days after COVID-19 hospitalization. Still, rates are no higher than those hospitalized for other indications during the same period—and rates of some symptoms are substantially lower.
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Traumatic Childbirth During COVID-19 Can Trigger Psychological Growth
Mrithula S. Babu, Sharon Dekel, PhD, and colleagues linked childbirth-related acute stress to post-traumatic growth (PTG) in women who gave birth during COVID-19 but not those who gave birth before the pandemic. Similarly, PTG was associated with better positive postpartum adjustment only in the COVID-19 group.
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Traumatic Childbirth, Postpartum Depression More Common in Black/Latinx Women Than White Women During COVID-19
Sharon Dekel, PhD, and colleagues surveyed U.S. women negative for COVID-19 who gave birth during the pandemic, finding traumatic childbirth was 2.7 times more common among 236 Black or Latinx women than 236 white women and postpartum depression was 81% more common.
COVID-19 Expert Contributors
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Andrea Edlow, MD, MSc
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist , Investigator, Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology
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Boris D. Juelg, MD, PhD
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Favipiravir to Treat COVID-19: Q&A with Boris Juelg, MD, PhD
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Bryan Hayes, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT, FASHP
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George A. Alba, MD
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Hanny Al-Samkari, MD
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Ilona T. Goldfarb, MD
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Katrina A. Armstrong, MD
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Lorenzo Berra, MD
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Louise C. Ivers, MD
Interim Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Executive Director of the Mass General Center for Global Health
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Michael L. Dougan, MD, PhD
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