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COVID surge in Europe: A preview of what’s ahead for the U.S.?
Health experts are warning the United States could be headed for another COVID-19 surge just as we enter the holiday season, following a massive...
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CDC unveils mental health protection plan for health care workers
“It’s long past time for us to care for the people who care for all of us and address burnout in our health care workers,” said U.S. Surgeon...
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CDC: Thirty percent of hospital workers in U.S. still unvaccinated
Health care personnel “are not fully immune from vaccine misinformation.”
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Mask-wearing cuts new COVID-19 cases by 53%, study says
Social distancing and handwashing were also effective at lowering the number of cases, but wearing masks was the most effective tool against the...
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Retiform Purpura on the Buttocks in 6 Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
Retiform purpura in a severely ill patient with COVID-19 and a markedly elevated D-dimer concentration might be a cutaneous sign of systemic...
Livin' on the MDedge
The neurological super powers of grandma are real
Plus, COVID hits the woods and finger snapping spoils a movie.
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Pandemic stresses harder on physician moms than physician dads: Study
Study results suggest that the pandemic has increased gender disparity and added disproportionately to the burden of female physicians.
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COVID-19 vaccine mandates are working, public health experts say
Overall, vaccine mandates tend to reach groups who aren’t completely against the vaccine, medical experts said.
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Pfizer seeks EUA expansion for COVID-19 booster
Pfizer is submitting a study of booster effects on 10,000 people to make its case.
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Unvaccinated people 20 times more likely to die from COVID: Texas study
“The COVID-19 vaccines are doing an excellent job of protecting people from getting sick and from dying from COVID-19.”
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As constituents clamor for ivermectin, Republican politicians embrace the cause
“If we have medications out here that are working — or seem to be working — I think it’s absolutely horrible that we’re not trying them.”