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Metformin linked to reductions in COVID-19 viral load
Key questions the findings raise include whether the results correlate with clinical outcomes or transmission, and whether the findings are...
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COVID update: ASH experts discuss thrombosis, immunity
Presidential symposium plumbs the mysteries of an “extraordinarily stealthy” virus, considers postvaccine blood clots.
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Liver disease-related deaths rise during pandemic
“The increasing trend in mortality rates for ALD and NAFLD has been quite alarming, with disparities in age, race, and ethnicity.”
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New research confirms recommendations on COVID-19 boosters in MS
“Even MS patients whose B cells were depleted from circulation with ocrelizumab can mount immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines.”
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Updated Moderna booster shows greater activity against COVID in adults
Additionally, no new safety concerns emerged.
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More data suggest preexisting statin use improves COVID outcomes
The researchers saw lower mortality and clinical severity among statin users.
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Research fails to justify post-COVID-19 wave of new-onset parkinsonism
While cases have been reported, current data do not yet justify the concept of a post–COVID-19 parkinsonism wave.
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Most pediatric myocarditis caused by viruses
Vaccine-associated myocarditis remains clinically mild, compared with viral myocarditis, and far less likely than cardiac involvement from a COVID...
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Mother-to-child transmission of SARS-CoV-2 may be underestimated
Mother-to-child transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection appears rare so far, but vaccination remains an important preventive tool.
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Severe COVID-19–related outcomes found worse in men with RA
A retrospective study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and COVID-19 showed that men had more baseline comorbidities and increased risk of...