COVID-19: Page 2

Lab billing firm settles lawsuit related to unnecessary COVID-19 testing

For one chain of communities, a laboratory directed the company to bill Medicare for respiratory pathogen panels ordered by a physician who had not ordered the tests.

June 20, 2023

Many clinicians experienced suicidal thoughts during pandemic

One in ten National Health Service healthcare workers experienced suicidal thoughts during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study.

June 21, 2023

Arkansas man sentenced in $134M healthcare fraud, money laundering scheme connected with lab testing

With colleagues, the man submitted more than $134 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare in connection with diagnostic laboratory testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 9, 2023

Quantification of long COVID fatigue shows impact is worse than some cancers

Fatigue is the most impactful symptom in the lives of people suffering from long COVID, with patients reporting worse scores than individuals with some cancers.

June 8, 2023

Taking metformin during SARS-CoV-2 infection cuts risk of long COVID in clinical trial

The study was primarily designed to assess whether metformin, ivermectin, or fluvoxamine can prevent serious SARS-CoV-2 infection in non-hospitalized adults.

June 9, 2023

Long COVID symptoms reported by 17% of unvaccinated people

One in six unvaccinated people report persistent health impacts from COVID-19 two years after a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.

June 1, 2023

COVID-19’s 'long tail' analyzed at European rheumatology congress

EULAR’s 2023 Congress includes presentations on iRD patients’ susceptibility to long COVID, and COVID-19 vaccination safety in pregnant and breastfeeding women with autoimmune disease.

May 31, 2023

FDA grants full approval for antiviral pill to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults

Paxlovid is the fourth drug — and first antiviral pill — approved by the FDA to treat COVID-19 in adults.

May 25, 2023

NIH-backed project develops scoring system for identifying long-COVID patients

While multiple earlier studies have assessed the effects of long COVID, previous efforts largely had retrospective designs, relied on electronic health record entries, and lacked an uninfected comparison group.

May 25, 2023

Domus Diagnostics gets $2.4M NIH grant to develop at-home molecular test

The award, granted as part of the NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Tech program, will support accelerated validation and scaling of a testing platform to prepare it for a clinical trial.

May 24, 2023

Medical records link vaccination against COVID-19 to reduced risk of non-respiratory symptoms

An analysis, details of which were presented Tuesday at the ATS 2023 International Conference in Washington, DC, reviewed data from 63,454 patients who were treated in a University of California medical center for COVID-19.

May 23, 2023

Antibody titer levels associated with protection against Omicron: Study

Immunoglobin G and neutralizing antibody titer levels were associated with protection against infection with the Omicron variant and against symptomatic disease.

May 23, 2023

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