COVID-19 Updates
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Urine for a new vaccine alternative
Plus: An alternative to the vaccine, laundry is in the air, and the emergency department’s favorite patients.
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Common cold could protect against COVID-19, study says
The findings could provide a blueprint for a second-generation, universal vaccine to prevent infection from COVID-19 variants.
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Physicians react: Should docs lose their licenses for spreading false COVID information?
State licensing boards have mostly refused to discipline these doctors for making false and/or misleading claims.
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U.S. reports record-breaking 1.35 million new COVID cases in a day
“If it spreads at the rate we are seeing, it is certainly going to fill up our hospitals.”
FDA/CDC
COVID-19 linked to increased diabetes risk in youth
Two large databases indicate significantly increased diabetes risk among those with COVID-19 but not other acute respiratory illnesses.
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As pandemic regs expire, states get tougher on telehealth: report
Among the restrictions that have been reinstated in some states are those barring requirements for insurers to cover telehealth.
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Mayo Clinic fires 700 employees for refusing COVID vaccine
Employees had until Jan. 3 to get vaccinated or receive approval for an exemption.
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Could the Omicron surge hasten the transition from pandemic to endemic?
“It’s an open question if another highly transmissible variant will emerge,” said Dr. Michael Lin.
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As Omicron surges, hospital beds fill, but ICUs less affected
So far, hospitalizations caused by the Omicron variant appear to be milder than in previous waves.
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CDC panel recommends Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for ages 12-15
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, must still approve the recommendation for it to take effect.
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Who needs self-driving cars when we’ve got goldfish?
Plus dueling idioms, COVID-19–fighting pachyderms, and Zoom self-consciousness.