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One in eight COVID patients likely to develop long COVID: Large study
“This finding shows that post–COVID-19 condition is an urgent problem with a mounting human toll.”
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New Omicron COVID boosters coming soon: What to know now
Federal health officials are still hammering out details of guidelines and recommendations of who should get the boosters.
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Haven’t had COVID yet? Wanna bet?
These silent COVID-19 cases reflect a hidden side of the pandemic that may be helping to drive new surges and viral variants.
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COVID smell loss tops disease severity as a predictor of long-term cognitive impairment
Severity of anosmia, but not clinical status, significantly predicted cognitive impairment.
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases top 95,000, admissions continue to rise
The first children under age 5 years to receive the COVID-19 vaccine have been getting in line again for their second shot.
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Ongoing debate whether COVID links to new diabetes in kids
The current study may have been underpowered and too small to show a significant association between COVID-19 and new diabetes.
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Evusheld for COVID-19: Lifesaving and free, but still few takers
“HHS hasn’t made a major educational effort to promote it.”
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‘Striking’ disparities in CVD deaths persist across COVID waves
Black Americans have almost threefold higher rates of excess cardiovascular disease mortality than Whites, according to a national analysis of...
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More evidence that COVID-19 started in Wuhan marketplace
“Now I realize it sounds like I just said that a once-in-a-generation event happened twice in short succession, and pandemics are indeed rare.”
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Scientists aim to combat COVID with a shot in the nose
The Biden administration held a summit on the future of COVID-19 vaccines.