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Zambian study finds no link between HIV status and COVID-19 severity, but risk quadruples for people with severe HIV infection

Having HIV is not an independent risk factor for severe COVID-19 and death amongst patients hospitalised with COVID-19, according to a Zambian study published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. However, patients with more severe HIV infection are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 or die of COVID-19 compared to those without complications. “This… Read More »

mRNA vaccines slash risk of COVID-19 infection by 91 percent in fully vaccinated people, study finds

People who receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are up to 91 percent less likely to develop the disease than those who are unvaccinated, according to a new nationwide study of eight sites, including Salt Lake City. For those few vaccinated people who do still get an infection, or “breakthrough” cases, the study suggests that vaccines reduce… Read More »

People with HIV at higher risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID-19, New York study finds

People with HIV were more likely to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and more likely to die in hospital due to COVID-19 than people without HIV, and people with more advanced HIV disease or unsuppressed viral load were more likely than other people with HIV to be hospitalised, a review of surveillance data in… Read More »

COVID-19 is expected to impact operating margins for the long term, finds Fitch

Although median ratios for U.S. not-for-profit hospitals and health systems improved in its 2020 report, analysts from Fitch Ratings say that financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic will be felt in the future. In 2020 Median Ratios for Not-for-Profit Hospitals and Healthcare Systems, the credit rating firm found that operating margins and operating EBITDA increased… Read More »