COVID-19 Updates
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COVID emergency orders ending: What’s next?
There will be cost-sharing changes for COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and certain treatments.
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Washington medical board charges doctor with spreading COVID misinformation
Doctors and professional organizations are trying to protect patients from any harm that results from mistruths spread by colleagues.
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Biden to end COVID emergencies in May
Doing so will have many effects, including the end of free vaccines and health services to fight the pandemic.
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Doctors’ happiness has not rebounded as pandemic drags on
Nearly half of physicians said they were somewhat or very unhappy at work, compared with 75% before the pandemic
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Medical student well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic
Social isolation and uncertainty regarding future education opportunities appear to have had a detrimental effect on medical students’...
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Study of beliefs about what causes cancer sparks debate
The authors set out to evaluate “the patterns of beliefs about cancer among people who believed in conspiracies, rejected the COVID-19 vaccine, or...
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Endocarditis tied to drug use on the rise, spiked during COVID
The steepest rise of infective endocarditis in people with cocaine/opioid use disorder occurred during the pandemic, suggesting COVID itself may...
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Rise of ‘alarming’ subvariants of COVID ‘worrisome’ for winter
This means people have no or “markedly reduced” protection against infection from these four strains.
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The right indoor relative humidity could ward off COVID
The “sweet spot” associated with reduced COVID-19 cases and deaths is 40%-60% indoor relative humidity.
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Major life stressors ‘strongly predictive’ of long COVID symptoms
Therapies that lessen the trauma of the most stress-inducing life events need to be a central part of treatment for long COVID, with more research...
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‘A huge deal’: Millions have long COVID, and more are expected
More than a quarter say their condition is severe enough to significantly limit their day-to-day activities.