New Research on COVID-19 and Aging: December 15, 2021

The Gerontological Society of America's highly cited, peer-reviewed journals are continuing to publish scientific articles on COVID-19. The following were published between October 2 and December 15; all are free to access:

• Rehabilitation and mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Research article in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences by Anne Felicia Ambrose, MD, Anupama Kurra, MD, Lana Tsirakidis, DPT, Kate Collins Hunt, DPT, Emmeline Ayers, MPH, Andrew Gitkind, MD, Sandeep Yerra, MD, Yungtai Lo, PhD, Nicole Ortiz, MD, Faraz Jamal, BS, Vikram Madan, MPH, Matthew N. Bartels, MD, and Joe Verghese, MBBS
• Individual factors including age, BMI and heritable factors underlie temperature variation in sickness and in health: an observational, multi-cohort study: Research article in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences by Rose S. Penfold, BMBCh, Maria Beatrice Zazzara, MD, Marc F Österdahl, MBBS, Carly Welch, PhD, Mary Ni Lochlainn, MBBCh BAO, Maxim B. Freidin, PhD, Ruth C. E. Bowyer, PhD, Ellen Thompson, PhD, Michela Antonelli, PhD, Yu Xian Rachel Tan, MBBCh BAO, Carole H. Sudre, PhD, Marc Modat, PhD, Benjamin Murray, PhD, Jonathan Wolf, MA, Sebastien Ourselin, PhD, Tonny Veenith, PhD, Janet M. Lord, PhD, Claire J. Steves, PhD, and the GSTT Covid Collaborative
• Clinical features and risk factors for mortality among long-term care facility residents hospitalized due to COVID-19 in Spain: Research article in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences by José-Manuel Ramos-Rincón, MD, PhD, Máximo Bernabeu-Wittel, MD, PhD, Isabel Fiteni-Mera, MD, PhD, Almudena López-Sampalo, MD, Carmen López-Ríos, MD, María-del-Mar García-Andreu, MD, Juan-José Mancebo-Sevilla, MD, Carlos Jiménez-Juan, MD, Marta Matía-Sanz, MD, Pablo López-Quirantes, MD, Manuel Rubio-Rivas, MD, PhD, Diana Paredes-Ruiz, MD, Candela González-San-Narciso, MD, Rocío González-Vega, MD, Pablo Sanz-Espinosa, MD, Almudena Hernández-Milián, MD, Amara Gonzalez-Noya, MD, Ricardo Gil-Sánchez, MD, Ramon Boixeda, MD, José-Nicolás Alcalá-Pedrajas, MD, Marta Palop-Cervera, MD, Begoña Cortés-Rodríguez, MD, María-Esther Guisado-Espartero, MD, Carmen Mella-Pérez, MD, Ricardo Gómez-Huelgas, MD, PhD, and the SEMI-COVID-19 Network

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The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is the nation's oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging. The principal mission of the Society — and its 5,500+ members — is to advance the study of aging and disseminate information among scientists, decision makers, and the general public. GSA’s structure also includes a policy institute, the National Academy on an Aging Society.