The typical chest CT patterns seen in COVID-19 patients were far less frequent in individuals infected with Omicron and in the vaccinated, a retrospective multicenter study from France showed.

Acute myocarditis has been identified as a potentially harmful side effect of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. It is rare enough, however, that cardiologists and cardiology societies still largely agree that the benefits associated with vaccination far outweigh the risks.

The bivalent COVID-19 booster targeting BA.4/5 showed high levels of protection against COVID-19 hospitalisation in older adults, an observational cohort study out of Israel showed.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many radiologists discovered hospital-based reading environments could be downright inhospitable to productivity goals as well as lifestyle preferences. More than a few found they could read up to twice as many exams and ably enough manage domestic duties working from home.

Children between the ages of 12 and 15 face very low risk of developing myocarditis after being vaccinated for COVID-19, according to new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. In addition, all cases of myocarditis identified by the study’s authors were mild.

The full impact of COVID-19 infections, even mild and moderate cases, is still being understood. And now, recent research has revealed that the medium and long-term impact of an acute illness may be associated with cardiovascular events.

Since the beginning of the year physicians have reported seeing fewer instances of blood clotting linked to COVID-19. However, recent social media postings from members of the medical community in the U.K have raised the possibility of a reversal of this trend.

Source: Chest CT is emerging as a valuable diagnostic tool for clinical management of COVID-19 associated lung disease. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to aid in rapid evaluation of CT scans for differentiation of COVID-19 findings from other clinical entities.

Source: According to the CDC long-COVID many patients exhibit a constellation of pain conditions. 

Researchers from China are reporting that chest CT was able to detect COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), in individuals with high clinical suspicion of the virus — even in cases with negative initial DNA tests — in a study published online February 12 in Radiology. Source: CT outpaces DNA testing for...