COVID-19

Investigators at the Eye Clinic, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, found that the appearance of the retina and optic disc was associated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

A pair of Japanese ophthalmologists have concluded that SARS-CoV-2 may target lacrimal gland tissue and manifest as chronic inflammation.

According to investigators at the University of Washington, Seattle, the COVID-19 pandemic has made measuring IOP challenging because of the potential to spread the virus.

A team of investigators examined the association between COVID-19 transmissibility and elapsed time since infection, and found that SARS-CoV-2 may still be transmissible 10 days post-infection.

The new variant is described as a "subvariant" of the omicron variant and is closely related to omicron, though it has some different mutations.

Researchers collected data on COVID-19 symptoms via online surveys from in excess of 1 million 23andMe participants who self-reported their COVID-19 symptoms.

Investigators find that successful outcomes may depend on the awareness of red-flag symptoms and signs.

According to the companies, the trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immune response of the vaccine that can be administered as a primary shot and a booster.

Canadian researchers have found that rapid antigen tests to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus are associated with a very low rate of false positive results.

As the omicron variant continues to surge across the country, putting staff at many practices on edge, waning immunity may be driving an increase in virus infections.

Informed guidelines are needed to diagnose and treat COVID-19 patients with neurologic manifestations, according to investigators.

The investigators believe that, based on their findings, the impact of COVID-19 on the autonomous nervous system warrants further prospective studies and assessment of pupillary function might be a useful test for determining autonomic dysfunction.

Investigators say study validates the importance of history-based donor screening while also demonstrating that postmortem PCR testing as a criterion for procurement and subsequent use of tissue isn’t necessary.

Delayed presentations and acute shortage of donor corneal tissues for emergency keratoplasty are among reasons given for adverse outcome.

Investigators have cited the need for pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions to improve the ongoing burden after hospitalization for COVID-19.

A team of Danish investigators have found an increased link between the Moderna vaccination and development of myocarditis or myopericarditis. Meanwhile, the Pfizer vaccination was found to have a significantly increased risk of cardiac adverse effects only among women.

The company continues to develop testing options that deliver accurate detection and correctly identify SARS-CoV-2 mutations to help patients and healthcare providers manage the evolving COVID-19 pandemic.

Patients’ reluctance to visit a clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing retina specialists to optimize therapy.

AMA President Gerald E. Harmon, MD, said in a statement that President Joe Biden’s pandemic plan will make communities safer amid an evolving pandemic and confirmed cases of the Omicron variant.

French investigators found that individuals over the age of 75 were not at an increased risk of having a myocardial infarction, stroke, or pulmonary embolism during the 14 days after receiving each of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses against the COVID-19 virus.

Investigators in California are conducting FDA-approved, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1 trials of traditional Eastern medicines to determine the safety and efficacy in mild-to-moderate cases of COVID-19.

According to a team of investigators in Israel, after a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the antibody titers increased significantly in individuals over the age of 60.

Perspectives from a pediatric ophthalmologist and mother.

According to investigators, the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein physically interacts with GRP78 on the cell surface in patients with diabetes and promotes the binding to and accumulation in angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)-expressing cells.

A team of investigators from the University of Michigan may have unlocked a potential new recipe for counteracting the impact that COVID-19 has on patients with underlying disease processes such as type 2 diabetes.

The study investigated rates of cognitive impairment among survivors of COVID-19 who had been treated in outpatient, emergency department, or inpatient hospital settings.

According to a team of French investigators, every patient hospitalized with severe COVID-19 cases in their study had retinal and choroidal anomalies on indocyanine green angiography and optical coherence tomography images that were possibly related to the virus.

All of the newborns in a recent study had ocular manifestations, the most common being periorbital edema and hemorrhagic conjunctivitis,

The Delta variant still predominates in the US and UK, but the CDC mentions the AY variants as a concern, and suggested that it may be more contagious and more severe than the original COVID-19 strain.