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U.S. has new dominant COVID variant called EG.5
Called “Eris” among avid COVID trackers, the strain EG.5 now accounts for 17% of all U.S. COVID infections.
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New air monitor can detect COVID virus in 5 minutes
The next step would be to implement the technology into a prototype to see how a commercial or household design could be achieved.
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Long COVID patients turn to doctors for help with disability claims
With no definitive blood tests or scans for long COVID that could confirm a diagnosis, some say doctors may feel uncomfortable in this role.
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Nearly one in five in U.S. still hadn’t gotten COVID by end of 2022
The CDC analyzed donor blood from 143,000 people every 3 months during 2022.
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Long COVID ‘brain fog’ confounds doctors, but new research offers hope
Brain fog is among the most common symptoms of long COVID, and also one of the most poorly understood.
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Agency issues advisory on mental health symptoms of long COVID
This advisory helps to raise awareness, especially among primary care practitioners and clinicians who are often the ones treating patients with...
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International rights group calls out United States for allowing hospitals to push millions into debt
About a third of U.S. adults with health care debt owed money for hospitalization.
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Patients with post-COVID cognitive symptoms may have gliosis
“This is an important initial step to better understand the neuropsychiatric consequences of COVID even in only a mild and moderate viral illness...
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Latest data: COVID vaccine safety, protection, and breakthrough infections in inflammatory, autoimmune diseases
EULAR 2023 served up a bevy of studies on the protection and safety of COVID vaccines for patients and pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well...
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Millions who had COVID-19 still don’t have sense of smell, taste
“If you lost your sense of smell, did you get it back? There’s about a one in four chance you didn’t. That’s terrible.”