Category: Mortality & Morbidity

Risk of death following COVID-19 vaccination or positive SARS-CoV-2 test in young people in England

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Vahé Nafilyan, Charlotte R. Bermingham, Isobel L. Ward, Jasper Morgan, Francesco Zaccardi, Kamlesh Khunti, Julie Stanborough, Amitava Banerjee & James C. Doidge Nature Communications volume 14, Article number: 1541 (2023) Cite this article. Abstract Several studies have reported associations between COVID-19 vaccination and risk of cardiac diseases, especially in young people; the impact on mortality, however, remains unclear. We use national, linked electronic health data in England to assess the […]

Hydroxychloroquine Associated With Lower COVID-19 Mortality: Study

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The French study included 30,202 patients. Zachary Stieber, 11/3/2023 Epoch Health People who received hydroxychloroquine were less likely to die than those who did not, according to a new study. Just 0.8 percent of patients at a facility in France who received hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and an antibiotic died, compared to 4.8 percent of patients who did […]

CDC confirms COVID-19 vaccine prevents death in only 1 out of 1 million

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Sanchari Ghosh August 23, 2023 A common question surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines since its inception has been about its capability to prevent hospitalization and death. In all these years, there has been no official confirmation about the same, but recently the CDC put forward some data that claims that “per million doses in 12-17-year-olds over 6 […]

Hydroxychloroquine Reduces COVID-19 Mortality, Study Finds

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OCT 13, 2023 Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times  People who took hydroxychloroquine in combination with another drug while hospitalized with COVID-19 were less likely to die than those who didn’t, according to a new study. Hydroxychloroquine, which is widely used against malaria and arthritis, was given to hundreds of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 […]

Covid to blame for just 1% of weekly deaths from all causes across the US, CDC data shows

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By ALEXA LARDIERI U.S. DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR DAILYMAIL.COM 29 August 2023 Covid was to blame for just 1 percent of weekly deaths from all causes across the US in the most recent week, CDC data shows. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Covid dashboard shows 324 Covid deaths were registered in the week ending […]

How do COVID-19 symptoms progress and what causes death?

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Medically reviewed by Melisa Puckey, BPharm. Last updated on March 28, 2022. What are the signs, symptoms and stages of COVID-19, and what causes death in COVID-19? How long do you spend in the ICU with COVID-19? How long do you have COVID-19 before you die? What are the stages and symptoms of COVID-19? Day 1: […]

Vaccinated people now make majority of COVID deaths in US: Report

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Authors: Reported By: IANS New York Published on: November 24, 2022 India For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, a majority of Americans dying from Covid were at least partially vaccinated, according to the new analysis of federal and state data. In a startling revelation, a Washington Post analysis has […]

Covid becomes plague of elderly, reviving debate over ‘acceptable loss’

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Authors: Ariana Eunjung Cha, Dan Keating November 27, 2022 President Biden may have declared the coronavirus pandemic “over,” but from John Felton’s view as the Yellowstone County health officer in Billings, Mont., it’s not over, just different. In October, Felton’s team logged six deaths due to the virus, many of them among vaccinated people. Their […]

COVID-19 deaths in children and young people in England, March 2020 to December 2021: An active prospective national surveillance study

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Authrs: Marta Bertran , Zahin Amin-Chowdhury , Hannah G. Davies, ester Allen, om Clare,Chloe Davison, Mary Sinnathamby, Giulia Seghezzo, Meaghan Kall,Hannah Williams,Nick Gent, Mary E. Ramsay, Shamez N. Ladhani  , Godwin Olig Published: November 8, 202 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004118 Abstract Background Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths are rare in children and young people (CYP). The high rates of asymptomatic and […]

Autopsy-Based Pulmonary and Vascular Pathology: Pulmonary Endotheliitis and Multi-Organ Involvement in COVID-19 Associated Deaths

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Authors: artina Haberecker University Hospital Zürich Esther I Schwarz University of Zurich Peter Steiger University of Zurich Karl Frontzek University of ZurichSeptember 2021 Respiration 101(2):1-11 DOI:10.1159/000518914License CC BY-NC 4.0 Abstract and Figures Background: Findings from autopsies have provided evidence on systemic microvascular damage as one of the underlying mechanisms of Coronavirus disease 2019 (CO-VID-19). The aim […]