COVID overview: The Year in Review

Year in Review: COVID-19 A look back at newsworthy stories of 2024 Katherine Kahn Medpage Today

This year's headlines on COVID-19 featured new research on COVID-related mortality, post-acute sequelae of infection, vaccine safety, and potential therapeutics.

COVID Deaths Are Down, but...

After being in the top five leading causes of death in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 dropped to tenth in 2023, according to provisional CDC data. ...

Meanwhile, an analysis of VA data found that although COVID-19 is becoming less deadly, hospitalized cases are still associated with a higher risk of death than influenza. Among over 11,000 patients hospitalized for either illness during the fall and winter of 2023-2024, 5.7% of patients with COVID-19 died within 30 days of admission versus 4.24% of patients with the flu.