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New Moderna vaccine to work against recent COVID variant
The FDA is expected to approve the new Moderna shot by early October.
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Long COVID and new migraines: What’s the link?
The mechanism as to how long COVID could manifest migraines is not yet fully understood, but many doctors believe that inflammation caused by the...
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Q&A: What to know about the new BA 2.86 COVID variant
BA 2.86 is a subvariant of Omicron, but according to reports from the CDC, the strain has many more mutations than the ones that came before it....
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Severe COVID may cause long-term cellular changes: Study
This study shows that after severe COVID, the immune system remains in ‘emergency mode’ and in a heightened state of inflammation.
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New COVID strain may evade vaccines, alarming health officials
The strain is called BA.2.86 and is of particular concern because of its more than 30 mutations, which means it may behave very differently than...
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Long COVID patients turn to doctors for help with disability claims
With no definitive blood tests or scans for long COVID that could confirm a diagnosis, some say doctors may feel uncomfortable in this role.
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Long COVID ‘brain fog’ confounds doctors, but new research offers hope
Brain fog is among the most common symptoms of long COVID, and also one of the most poorly understood.
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Researchers seek to understand post-COVID autoimmune disease risk
Three large studies link past SARS-CoV-2 infection to new-onset autoimmune disease, but it is not yet clear what drives this relationship.
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Explanation proposed for long-COVID symptoms in the CNS
In the case of persistent neurologic symptoms after COVID, antibodies produced for previously encountered coronaviruses rather than for SARS-CoV2...
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Sleep disturbances linked to post-COVID dyspnea
Sleep disturbance after COVID hospitalization was associated with dyspnea and lower lung function.
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SARS-CoV-2 crosses placenta and infects brains of two infants: ‘This is a first’
One baby died and the other is in hospice care at last report, according to a report by researchers at the University of Miami.