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RNA Vaccines: Risk for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clarified
French study provides new evidence for an increased risk for heavy menstrual bleeding following COVID-19 vaccination with mRNA vaccines.
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Bivalent COVID Vaccine Protected Children, Adolescents
Children who received an mRNA bivalent vaccine were less likely to be infected than were unvaccinated peers or those who received only monovalent...
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Analysis Finds Risk of Alopecia Areata After COVID-19 Infection
The cohort consisted of 259,369 patients with COVID-19 and 259,369 uninfected controls.
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Long COVID Has Caused Thousands of US Deaths: New CDC Data
The risk for long COVID fatalities remains elevated for at least 6 months for people with milder acute infections and for at least 2 years in...
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Federal program offers free COVID, flu at-home tests, treatments
“With its expansion, the Home Test to Treat program will now offer free testing, telehealth, and treatment for both COVID-19 and for influenza (...
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New COVID variant JN.1 could disrupt holiday plans
Nearly 10,000 people were hospitalized for COVID in the U.S. for the week ending Nov. 25, the CDC said, a 10%...
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Some reasons to get off the fence about COVID booster
“The body of evidence from all these different studies converge on one single reality — that vaccines reduce the risk of long COVID.”
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COVID vaccines lower risk of serious illness in children
“The findings in this report support the recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination for all children aged ≥6 months and highlight the importance of...
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COVID vaccination protects B cell–deficient patients through T-cell responses
The findings demonstrate how vaccine-induced T-cell responses could potentially reduce COVID-19 severity, the authors write.
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New CDC advisory once again flags BA.2.86 COVID variant
The variant accounted for nearly 9% of cases during the 2-week period ending Nov. 25, up from 3% during the previous 2 weeks.