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Natural, vaccine-induced, and hybrid immunity to COVID-19
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Moderna reports positive COVID-19 vaccine response in kids down to 6 months
Vaccine efficacy against infection was 43.7% in children aged 6 months to 2 years and 37.5% among children aged 2-6 years, the new data from its...
From the Journals
‘Profound implications’: COVID ups diabetes risk 40% a year later
‘All these roads are pointing in one direction, that COVID-19 increases the risk of diabetes up to a year later. If patients have a prior history...
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: CDC gives perspective on hospitalizations
New cases continue to fall toward the pre-Delta lows seen last summer.
From the Journals
Mild COVID-19 infection linked to later type 2 diabetes
Results point to the need to monitor blood glucose following SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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U.S. health officials tracking COVID-19 increase in U.K.
“Over the last year or so, what happens in the U.K. usually happens here a few weeks later.”
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COVID-19–alopecia areata link? Review doesn’t find much evidence
Few reports have connected the two conditions.
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‘Alarming’ worldwide decline in mental health
The most dramatic finding was the difference in mental well-being between younger and older adults.
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COVID surge in Western Europe puts U.S. health experts on alert
“It’s like a weather alert. Right now, the skies are sunny and bright, and we hope they stay that way.”
Letters from Maine
Waiting for the under-5 COVID-19 vaccine
This may be yet another instance of when the crafty COVID-19 has moved with a pace that will make an under–age-5 vaccine of relatively little...
Guidelines
New ACC guidance on cardiovascular consequences of COVID-19
A new consensus document makes recommendations on how to evaluate and manage COVID-associated myocarditis and long COVID; it also gives advice on...