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COVID-19 hospitalization 80% more likely for smokers
September 29, 2021
These results contrast with previous studies that have suggested a protective effect of smoking against COVID-19.
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Children and COVID: New cases topped 200,000 after 3 weeks of declines
September 28, 2021
13 million children have received the vaccine, but the pace of new vaccinations continues to slow.
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COVID-19 a rare trigger for Guillain-Barré syndrome
September 24, 2021
There were not more patients diagnosed with GBS during the first 4 months of the pandemic, compared with previous years.
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CDC chief overrules panel, OKs boosters for health care workers
September 24, 2021
Panelists “did not buy the need in occupational or institutional settings.”
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Remdesivir sharply cuts COVID hospitalization risk, Gilead says
September 23, 2021
An RCT evaluated the efficacy and safety of a 3-day course of intravenous remdesivir in an analysis of 562 nonhospitalized patients at high risk for disease progression.
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New COVID-19 strain has reached the U.S.
September 23, 2021
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 increasing virus transmissibility.”
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FDA OKs Pfizer COVID booster for 65 and over, those at high risk
September 23, 2021
Emerging evidence shows that booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine cause front-line immune defenders — called binding antibodies — to roughly triple soon after a person gets the third shot.
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Nurses ‘at the breaking point,’ consider quitting due to COVID issues: Survey
September 21, 2021
“What we’re hearing from our nurses is really shocking.”
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Decline in child COVID may signal end of latest surge
September 21, 2021
United States saw fewer cases and fewer admissions among children, but also fewer vaccinations.
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COVID-19 claims more than 675,000 U.S. lives, surpassing the 1918 flu
September 21, 2021
In some ways, the United States has failed to learn from the mistakes of the past.
