Articles related to COVID-19

Without a centralized scheduling system and 50 states to consider, scheduling a COVID-19 vaccine appointment online isn’t so simple. Thankfully, others with scheduling savvy and a little patience have put together some advice. We invite you to share these tips with your patients struggling to get an appointment and how to handle the technology, processes, and preparation.

In this podcast/article from KevinMD, the implications of long COVID (the symptoms occurring more than three weeks after infection, also known as post-acute COVID syndrome) – specifically focused on post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) – are examined, as the inability to tolerate a glass of wine or a bottle of beer could be an important clue to its true diagnosis.

With 1 in 5 COVID-19 patients receiving a psychiatric diagnosis within 90 days of their COVID diagnosis, it’s obvious the pandemic is wreaking havoc on the population’s mental health, whether its anxiety disorders, insomnia, losing a loved one, losing a job, caring for the sick, or all of the above. Learn what you and your patients can do to protect and manage mental health during these trying times.

Anaphylaxis to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines is currently estimated to occur in 2.5 to 11.1 cases per million doses, largely in individuals with a history of allergy. In this JAMA “Research Letter”, the authors investigated acute allergic reaction incidence with more than 60,000 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine administrations at Mass General Brigham (MGB).

From MedPage Today comes this inspirational story about Christopher Veal, a medical student at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine who is calling on medical school leaders to change their culture and adjust their programs to screen for suicidal ideation and mental health early on in student life. Veal decided to speak up after a friend and fellow med student took his own life, as Veal once attempted.

Doctors, along with the rest of the nation, are drinking more during the pandemic. Five or more drinks a week is now standard fare for about 30% of Baby Boomer physicians, 26% of Generation X physicians, and 22% of Millennial doctors, up from the previous year by about 7%. But which specialties are drinking the most? Find out in this revealing report.