COVID-19 Updates
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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.
Original Research
Adverse Effects of the COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients With Psoriasis
Patients who have psoriasis do not appear to have an increased incidence of adverse effects from messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines.
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FDA panel backs shift toward one-dose COVID shot
The plan is to narrow down the current complex landscape of options for vaccinations, and thus help increase use of these shots.
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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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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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COVID booster shot poll: People ‘don’t think they need one’
A new poll shows why so few people are willing to get the latest COVID booster.
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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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Pandemic caused treatment delay for half of patients with CTCL, study finds
No clinical trials exist to inform maintenance protocols in patients with cutaneous lymphomas.
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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.