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CDC panel lists reasons to get second COVID booster
One panelist said she was concerned about the potential for “booster fatigue.”
From the Journals
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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Michigan COVID cases possibly the first from animals in U.S.
“It is impossible to know for sure whether the mutations came from mink on the farm or were already circulating in the community.”
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Age and ferritin levels may predict MIS-C severity
“We do not understand why teens get more severe MIS-C than younger children.”
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Judge strikes down Biden mask mandate for planes, transit
The rule has been alternately praised and criticized by airlines, pilots, and flight attendants.
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Who doesn’t text in 2022? Most state Medicaid programs
As states prepare for the end of the COVID public health emergency, they are making plans to reevaluate each Medicaid enrollee’s eligibility. They...
From the Journals
Fourth Pfizer dose better for severe than symptomatic COVID: Study
Livin' on the MDedge
Woman who faked medical degree practiced for 3 years
Plus: France’s fake physician, the sights and sounds of Zooming, and the Brazilian army goes “imbrochável.”
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Long-term smell loss in COVID-19 tied to damage in the brain’s olfactory bulb
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Children with RMDs not at high risk for severe COVID-19, study finds
“Many parents and families with children who have RMDs have lived with great fear over the pandemic about whether or not their children are at an...
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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...