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Five Bold Predictions for Long COVID in 2024
If even one of these comes true, long COVID sufferers could enjoy some much-needed relief.
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Analysis Finds Risk of Alopecia Areata After COVID-19 Infection
The cohort consisted of 259,369 patients with COVID-19 and 259,369 uninfected controls.
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Some reasons to get off the fence about COVID booster
“The body of evidence from all these different studies converge on one single reality — that vaccines reduce the risk of long COVID.”
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Unexplained collapse unveils rare blood disorder
Acquired TTP often appears to arise in connection with either an immune trigger, such as a viral infection, or immune dysregulation associated...
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Saltwater gargling may help avoid COVID hospitalization
Hospitalization rates in the low- (18.5%) and high- (21.4%) saline groups were significantly lower than in the reference control population.
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A new long COVID explanation: Low serotonin levels?
The study found lower serotonin levels in long COVID patients, compared with patients who were diagnosed with acute COVID-19 but who fully...
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How VA Innovative Partnerships and Health Care Systems Can Respond to National Needs: NOSE Trial Example
Traditional manufacturing concentrates capacity into a few discrete locations while applying lean and just-in-time philosophies to...
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VA SHIELD: A Biorepository for Veterans and the Nation
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) clinicians, clinician-investigators, and investigators perform basic and translational research for the...
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Nationwide Genomic Surveillance and Response to COVID-19: The VA SeqFORCE and SeqCURE Consortiums
The COVID-19 virus and its associated pandemic have highlighted the urgent need for a national infrastructure to rapidly identify and respond to...
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VA Big Data Science: A Model for Improved National Pandemic Response Present and Future
The COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the need for rapid response research in health care.