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New virus causing ‘Alaskapox’ detected in two more cases
Sampling of the pox mark showed that it was caused by a previously unidentified virus of the same family as smallpox and cowpox.
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COVID-19 a rare trigger for Guillain-Barré syndrome
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CDC chief overrules panel, OKs boosters for health care workers
Panelists “did not buy the need in occupational or institutional settings.”
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Remdesivir sharply cuts COVID hospitalization risk, Gilead says
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New COVID-19 strain has reached the U.S.
The CDC has not classified R.1 as a variant of concern yet but noted it has “several mutations of importance” and “demonstrates evidence of...
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Cardiogenic shock teams again tied to lower mortality
New data suggest centers with a shock team had higher survival and lower resource use in the cardiac ICU.
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FDA OKs Pfizer COVID booster for 65 and over, those at high risk
Emerging evidence shows that booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine cause front-line immune defenders — called binding antibodies — to roughly triple...
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Should hospitalists use albumin to treat non-SBP infections in patients with cirrhosis?
Study data suggest that albumin may be beneficial in improving renal and circulatory function.
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Nurses ‘at the breaking point,’ consider quitting due to COVID issues: Survey
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Decline in child COVID may signal end of latest surge
United States saw fewer cases and fewer admissions among children, but also fewer vaccinations.