COVID-19 Updates
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Phil Robinson: Rheumatologist, colleague, huntsman spider rescuer
Philip (“Phil”) Robinson, rheumatologist and associate professor at the University of Queensland and leader of global effort to understand COVID-...
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Is it time for yet another COVID booster? It’s complicated
Would getting a sixth COVID-19 shot even be enough, or would it be too much?
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Possible bivalent vaccine link to strokes in people over 65
The CDC and FDA do not recommend people change their vaccine practices.
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Add this to the list of long COVID symptoms: Stigma
Most people with long COVID find they’re facing stigma due to their condition, a new study finds.
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COVID leading cause of death among law enforcement for third year
A new report says 70 officers died of COVID-...
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Which treatments improve long-term outcomes of critical COVID illness?
“When looking at the impact of treatment, we don’t want to improve short-term outcomes yet worsen long-term disability. That long-term, 6-month...
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Pandemic may be limiting ED access for sexual assault
As the COVID-19 pandemic continued, ‘we became increasingly concerned about limited health care access for survivors of sexual assault,’ said the...
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Long COVID comes into focus, showing older patients fare worse
The findings of new research help define long COVID, according to the investigators.
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New Omicron subvariant is ‘crazy infectious,’ COVID expert warns
‘All the things that have protected you for the past couple of years, I don’t think are going to protect you against this new crop of variants,’...
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Autopsies show COVID virus invades entire body
Researchers did complete autopsies of 44 unvaccinated people who had severe COVID-19.
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Advanced Primary Care program boosts COVID-19 results
Better outcomes were seen in higher vaccination rates and fewer infections, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID-19.