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Different variants may cause different long COVID symptoms: Study
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Neuropsychiatric outcomes similar for hospitalized COVID-19 patients and non–COVID-19 patients
Cognitive status in COVID-19 survivors was worse at 6 months compared to controls, but overall disease burdens were similar.
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‘Pandemic brain’ not limited to patients infected with COVID-19
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‘Profound implications’: COVID ups diabetes risk 40% a year later
‘All these roads are pointing in one direction, that COVID-19 increases the risk of diabetes up to a year later. If patients have a prior history...
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U.S. health officials tracking COVID-19 increase in U.K.
“Over the last year or so, what happens in the U.K. usually happens here a few weeks later.”
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‘Vast majority’ of COVID patients wake up after mechanical ventilation
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COVID surge in Western Europe puts U.S. health experts on alert
“It’s like a weather alert. Right now, the skies are sunny and bright, and we hope they stay that way.”
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New ACC guidance on cardiovascular consequences of COVID-19
A new consensus document makes recommendations on how to evaluate and manage COVID-associated myocarditis and long COVID; it also gives advice on...
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‘Overwhelming’ need to study COVID vaccine–associated tinnitus
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Biden administration’s new test-to-treat program pits pharmacists against physicians
The widespread distribution of pharmacies and their extended hours are other big pluses, especially for people who can’t easily leave work or...
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COVID-19 vax effectiveness quantified in immunosuppressed patients
A database study of 154,000 patients found that SARS-CoV-2 vaccines give people taking immunosuppressants significant protection against COVID-19...