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Study comparing surgical and N95 masks sparks concern
The findings are not consistent with those of many other studies on this topic.
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FDA pulls U.S. authorization for Eli Lilly’s COVID drug bebtelovimab
The drug is not expected to neutralize the dominant BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 subvariants of Omicron.
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RSV surge stuns parents and strains providers, but doctors offer help
The parents of the child who had a severe case of RSV reflected on the their son’s bout with the illness.
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Flu, RSV infecting children at staggering rates
“What’s concerning to us are not only the number of infections, but the severity of these infections, leading to a high number of emergency room...
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Buzzy Lancet long COVID paper under investigation for ‘data errors’
A reader found inconsistencies between the data in the article and a later paper describing the same cohort of patients after a year of follow-up...
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Covid vax prevents death in children regardless of variant
But the vaccine’s effectiveness decreased over time.
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U.S. flu activity already at mid-season levels
Nationally, 6% of all outpatient visits were because of flu or flu-like illness for the week of Nov. 13-19.
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More vaccinated people dying of COVID as fewer get booster shots
But the case for the effectiveness of vaccines and boosters versus skipping the shots remains strong.
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COPD care bundle curbs all-cause readmissions
Patients with acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations also had increased maintenance therapy with bundled care plan
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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.