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COVID Vaccines and New-Onset Seizures: New Data
There was no statistically significant difference in risk for seizures among vaccinated individuals vs placebo recipients.
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Federal Trade Commission Bans Noncompete Agreements, Urges More Protections for Healthcare Workers
But dissenting commissioners dispute the FTC’s authority to broadly ban noncompetes.
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COVID Vaccinations Less Prevalent in Marginalized Patients
Patients in the most unvaccinated group tended to live in places with more ethnic diversity, higher material deprivation, and lower incomes.
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4 Years In, a Sobering Look at Long COVID Progress
Long COVID is still a disease diagnosed by figuring out what a patient does not have. Symptom management is the only treatment now.
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Study Shows Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir No More Effective Than Placebo for COVID-19 Symptom Relief
The drug may not be particularly helpful for patients who are not at high risk for severe COVID-19.
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The ED Sailed Smoothly in the Early COVID-19 Days
Few ED personnel tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and the cumulative interaction between infected healthcare personnel and others resulted in a...
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No Increased Stroke Risk After COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccine
No additional stroke risk was found with the COVID-19 vaccine 6 weeks after injection, study finds.
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Severe Flu Confers Higher Risk for Neurologic Disorders Versus COVID
Participants hospitalized with COVID-19 versus influenza were significantly less likely to require care in the following year for migraine,...
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Getting Reluctant Patients to ‘Yes’ on COVID Vaccination
Be patient, acknowledge concerns, appeal to hearts not minds, and make it personal.
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Immunomodulators Do Not Affect COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy
SMIs and biologics do not reduce efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination, study finds.