COVID-19 Updates
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The devil in the (masking) details
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News
FDA panel votes to approve Pfizer’s vaccine for children
If the FDA follows the recommendation, as it typically does, ...the shots could be available within days.
Latest News
Unvaccinated people likely to catch COVID repeatedly
“Reinfection can reasonably happen in three months or less.”
From the Journals
Antithrombotic therapy not warranted in COVID-19 outpatients
In stable patients with COVID-19, use of aspirin or apixaban did not reduce the rate of the composite of all-cause mortality, thromboembolism, MI...
News from the FDA/CDC
CDC panel backs COVID-19 boosters for nearly all adults
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The compass that points toward food
Plus COVID-19 resisters, the power of parasites, and pandemic memes.
News
FDA authorizes boosters for Moderna, J&J, allows mix-and-match
The move gives the vaccine experts on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices latitude to...
Opinion
COVID-19: Can doctors refuse to see unvaccinated patients?
In the end, every private practitioner will have to make his or her own decision on this question.
News
FDA panel backs second dose for Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients
It will be up to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) panel to make more specific recommendations for who might need another shot....
From the Journals
Mixing COVID vaccine boosters may be better option: Study
"The antibody responses are so much higher [with mix and match], it's really impressive."
Feature
Pandemic adds more weight to burden of obesity in children
“Our nation’s safety net is fragile, outdated, and out of reach for millions of eligible kids and caregivers,” said an author of a new report.