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Delta whiplash: How the new surge is affecting mental health
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How to pick the best face masks for children, according to the experts
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Why are boosters being given after 8 months? Experts weigh in
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COVID-19 booster shots to start in September: Officials
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Latest data show increase in breakthrough COVID-19 cases
“Remember when the early vaccine studies came out, it was like nobody gets hospitalized, nobody dies. ... That clearly is not true.”
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CDC officially endorses third dose of mRNA vaccines for immunocompromised
Just hours after the FDA updated its EUA for COVID vaccines, the CDC has recommended a third dose for those who are at higher risk for severe or...
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Heparin’s COVID-19 benefit greatest in moderately ill patients
A multiplatform trial reported that therapeutic heparin improved outcomes in moderately ill COVID-19 patients but not in critically ill patients...
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Tachycardia syndrome may be distinct marker for long COVID
Post-COVID patients with palpitations or chest pain should undergo a cardiac workup, new research suggests. The data also shed light on potential...
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FDA authorizes booster shot for immunocompromised Americans
Those eligible for a third dose include solid organ transplant recipients, those undergoing cancer treatments, and people with autoimmune diseases...
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German nurse suspected of giving saline instead of COVID-19 vaccine
The case now involves 8,557 vaccinations given between March 5 and April 20 at specific times.
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Hospitals struggle to find nurses, beds, even oxygen as Delta surges
“We have a vaccine, which is the key to ending this pandemic and people just refuse to take it, and so I think we’re very frustrated.”