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Podcast: Hospitalized patients with COVID reach record levels
...of COVID-19 patients in the hospital. A post-holiday spike in cases has seen the number of COVID-positive patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital rise to record levels....
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/podcast-hospitalized-patients-with-covid-reach-record-levels/
Podcast: Boosters? Vaccines for kids? Where do we stand heading toward winter?
...as our scientists and clinicians confront the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the federal government decided that vaccine booster shots will be made available for Americans 65 and older, those with compromised...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/podcast-boosters-vaccines-for-kids-where-do-we-stand-heading-toward-winter/
Podcast: As ‘Show Me the Science’ turns 2, we look back at 2 years of a pandemic
A new episode of our podcast, “Show Me the Science,” has been posted. During the first two years of COVID-19, these episodes have highlighted research and patient care on the...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/podcast-as-show-me-the-science-turns-2-we-look-back-at-2-years-of-a-pandemic/
Podcast: Updated boosters and progress toward a nasal vaccine
A new episode of our podcast, “Show Me the Science,” has been posted. In addition to reporting on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, these episodes feature stories about other...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/podcast-updated-boosters-and-progress-toward-a-nasal-vaccine/
Washington University develops COVID-19 saliva test
...saliva test for COVID-19 This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on a saliva test developed by School of Medicine scientists to detect the virus that causes COVID-19 According...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/washington-university-develops-covid-19-saliva-test/
Podcast: How do we safely navigate re-openings while coronavirus risks remain?
...testing to identify who has and who has had COVID-19. Antibody testing that might identify who already has been infected and might have some resistance to future infections was long...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/podcast-how-do-we-safely-navigate-re-openings-while-coronavirus-risks-remain/
Podcast: New COVID-19 variants causing re-infections
A new episode of our podcast, “Show Me the Science,” has been posted. In addition to reporting on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, these episodes feature stories about other...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/podcast-new-covid-19-variants-causing-re-infections/
Repeat COVID-19 infections increase risk of organ failure, death
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began almost three years ago, scientists have learned that an initial infection can lead to short- and long-term health risks affecting nearly every organ system in...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/repeat-covid-19-infections-increase-risk-of-organ-failure-death/
Study examines risk factors for severe health problems in kids with COVID-19
...contagious, and we don’t yet know the long-term effects of COVID-19 infections on kids. This is why it is so important for eligible children to get vaccinated and boosted.” Similar...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/study-examines-risk-factors-for-severe-health-problems-in-kids-with-covid-19/
Podcast: Improving health messaging in fight to slow COVID-19
...as our scientists and clinicians confront the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past year, we’ve heard about the importance of wearing masks, avoiding crowds, maintaining physical distance and regularly washing our...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/podcast-improving-health-messaging-in-fight-to-slow-covid-19/
Synthetic data mimics real patient data, accurately models COVID-19 pandemic
While caring for COVID-19 patients, health-care professionals across the country have amassed a treasure trove of information about SARS-CoV-2, its evolving variants such as delta and omicron, and their effects...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/synthetic-data-mimics-real-patient-data-accurately-models-covid-19-pandemic/
Antibody-based COVID-19 treatments work best in concert with immune cells
...some companies developing antibody-based COVID-19 drugs changed the sequence in the long arm of the antibodies to prevent it from interacting with immune cells. Other companies took the opposite tack:...
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/antibody-based-covid-19-treatments-work-best-in-concert-with-immune-cells/