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Elective surgery should be delayed 7 weeks after COVID-19 infection for unvaccinated patients, statement recommends
“The real power of the of the joint statement is to get people to ensure that they make an assessment of every patient that comes in front of them...
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Autoantibodies may underpin clotting effects of COVID-19
Researchers discovered “rogue” antibodies associated with clotting and inflammation in severe COVID-19.
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COVID-19 vaccines do not trigger sudden hearing loss: Study
“There was not an increase in cases of sudden [sensorineural] hearing loss associated with COVID-19 vaccination compared to previously published...
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Twenty-three percent of health care workers likely to leave industry soon: Poll
“We’re trying to help people here, and we are getting verbally and physically abused for it.”
Commentary
Organ transplantation: Unvaccinated need not apply
Pandemic-era physicians must now consider whether a politically motivated choice to decline COVID-19 vaccination should negatively affect the...
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No COVID vax, no transplant: Unfair or good medicine?
Is removing them from the list unfair and cruel, or simply business as usual?
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Omicron subvariant 1.5 times more contagious than Omicron
The WHO hasn’t labeled BA.2 a “variant of concern” so far but will continue to monitor it.
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Long COVID is real, and many real questions remain
It remains unclear if a hyperinflammatory response is driving persistent post-COVID-19 symptoms.
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Get free masks at grocery stores and pharmacies starting Jan. 28
The Biden administration is sending out 400 million N95 masks from the Strategic National Stockpile.
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We’re dying to tell you about fatigability
Plus: An unethical medical NFT, a boy’s robot avatar, and the plane truth about COVID.
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35% of employers to proceed with vaccine mandate, poll shows
“What is more attractive -- to have a mandate or not? Most are not exactly sure what to do.”