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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...
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‘Substantial’ CVD risks, burden up to a year after COVID-19
Governments and health systems need to be prepared to deal with the likely significant contribution of the pandemic to a rising burden of...
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Scientists see hope in new therapy for COVID-19 brain fog patients
“There’s not a week that goes by that I don’t see someone recovering from COVID-19.”
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Agreement reached for research definition of ‘long COVID’ in children and young people
“Post–COVID-19 condition occurs in young people with a history of confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection, with at least one persisting physical symptom...
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Promising leads to crack long COVID discovered
It’s likely that research will show long COVID is a condition with more than one cause, experts said.
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Q&A: Long COVID symptoms, management, and where we’re headed
Long COVID continues to be a moving target – continuously evolving and still...
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Updated guidance for COVID vaccination in rheumatology patients arrives amid continued hesitancy
A fifth update to the American College of Rheumatology’s guidelines makes new recommendations on supplemental and booster doses in patients with...
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Boosted Americans 97 times less likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated
“The data are really stunningly obvious why a booster is really very important.”
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Antibody mix may prevent COVID symptoms in some asymptomatic people
The results suggest new potential for monoclonal antibodies currently used for postexposure prophylaxis and treatment of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2....
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Omicron subvariant 1.5 times more contagious than Omicron
The WHO hasn’t labeled BA.2 a “variant of concern” so far but will continue to monitor it.
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FDA grants full approval to Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
The Moderna vaccine also now has a new trade name: Spikevax.