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Omicron breakthrough cases boost protection, studies say
“We should think about breakthrough infections as essentially equivalent to another dose of vaccine.”
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FDA-cleared panties could reduce STI risk during oral sex
“I wanted to feel sexy and confident and use something that was made with my body and actual sex in mind.”
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Using anti-inflammatory drugs may prolong back pain
“Inflammation occurs for a reason, and it looks like it’s dangerous to interfere with it.”
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FDA limits use of J&J COVID vaccine over blood clot risk
“We recognize that the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine still has a role in the current pandemic response in the United States and across the global...
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COVID-19 again the third-leading cause of U.S. deaths
The overall number of COVID deaths in 2021 increased around 20% over 2020, when around 384,000 people died from the virus.
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30% of COVID patients in study developed long COVID
Older age and socioeconomic status were not associated with long COVID – a surprise because those characteristics are often linked with severe...
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U.S. life expectancy dropped by 2 years in 2020: Study
Peer countries now have a life expectancy that’s 5 years longer than in the United States.
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COVID cases rising in about half of states
“If we look more closely at the local level, we find a handful of counties where we are seeing increases in both cases and markers of more severe...
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More than half of U.S. abortions now done with pills: Report
In 2017, the last time such a survey was done, 39% of abortions were performed by medication.
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Federal sex education programs linked to decrease in teen pregnancy
“This work shows that more wide-reaching sex education programs – those not limited to abstinence – are successful in lowering rates of teen...
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Subvariant may be more dangerous than original Omicron strain
While BA.2 spreads faster than BA.1, there’s no evidence the subvariant makes people any sicker.
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Thirty-seven percent of COVID-19 patients lose sense of taste, study says
“Reports of taste loss are in fact genuine and distinguishable from smell loss.”
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Omicron death rate higher than during Delta surge
“Even if on a per-case basis fewer people develop severe illness and die, when you apply a small percentage to a very large number, you get a...