COVID-19 Updates
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COVID-19 vaccines do not trigger sudden hearing loss: Study
“There was not an increase in cases of sudden [sensorineural] hearing loss associated with COVID-19 vaccination compared to previously published...
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Mask mandates ending in all but one state
“We want to give people a break from things like mask-wearing, when these metrics are better, and then have the ability to reach for them again...
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Twenty-three percent of health care workers likely to leave industry soon: Poll
“We’re trying to help people here, and we are getting verbally and physically abused for it.”
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Subvariant may be more dangerous than original Omicron strain
While BA.2 spreads faster than BA.1, there’s no evidence the subvariant makes people any sicker.
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Ivermectin does not stop progression to severe COVID: randomized trial
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Long COVID is real and consists of these conditions – or does it?
“I think this is at least helpful in telling us what disease states are different pre- and post COVID, and what sorts of diagnoses clinicians...
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About 73% of U.S. estimated to be immune to Omicron variant
Nationwide, about 80 million Americans are still vulnerable. “The 26% who could still get Omicron right now have to be very careful.”
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Thirty-seven percent of COVID-19 patients lose sense of taste, study says
“Reports of taste loss are in fact genuine and distinguishable from smell loss.”
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CDC preparing to update mask guidance
“Omicron cases are declining, and we are all cautiously optimistic about the trajectory we’re on.”
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Medical boards pressured to let it slide when doctors spread COVID misinformation
Even defining misinformation has been difficult. And during the pandemic, resistance from some state legislatures is complicating the effort.
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New study shows natural immunity to COVID has enduring strength
“The study involved only the early COVID strains – it has no information on either the Delta or Omicron variants.”