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‘Unappreciated’ ties between COVID and gut dysbiosis
“Now that we have uncovered the source of this bacterial imbalance, physicians can better identify those coronavirus patients most at risk of a...
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases can’t sustain downward trend
Hospitalizations and emergency department visits may be on the rise again.
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Original COVID-19 vaccines fall short against Omicron subvariants for the immunocompromised
Findings from a CDC-supported study suggest that updated, bivalent boosters targeting recently circulating Omicron subvariants may benefit adults...
Opinion
I’m a physician battling long COVID. I can assure you it’s real
“I’ve also seen, firsthand, the frustration of navigating diagnosis and treatment. It’s given me a taste of what millions of other patients are...
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Has the pandemic affected babies’ brain development?
A large study finds that generally, brain development in infants ages 6-12 months old was not changed by the pandemic, but two areas raised...
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Finerenone: ‘Striking’ cut in pneumonia, COVID-19 risks
Secondary analyses of the finerenone pivotal trials showed that the agent was linked with less infective pneumonia and blunted COVID-19 severity...
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Is it flu, RSV, or COVID? Experts fear the ‘tripledemic’
Predicting exactly when cases will peak is difficult.
Opinion
Ivermectin for COVID-19: Final nail in the coffin
Is this nice U.S. randomized trial enough to convince people that results from a petri dish don’t always transfer to humans, regardless of the...
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Side effects from COVID vaccine show its effectiveness
“I don’t want a patient to tell me that, ‘Golly, I didn’t get any reaction, my arm wasn’t sore, I didn’t have fever. The vaccine didn’t work.’ I...
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases fall to lowest level in over a year
Reported new cases have dropped by almost 75% since the beginning of September.