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Diagnosing children with long COVID can be tricky: Experts
Spencer Siedlecki’s journey to better health was difficult; his regular pediatrician told the family at first that there were no treatments to...
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Guidelines: Convalescent plasma not recommended for most hospitalized with COVID
In their new guidelines, the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies says convalescent plasma is most effective early after...
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Seniors intend to receive variant-specific COVID booster in coming months
The vast majority of respondents said their clinician’s recommendations were “very important” or “somewhat important” in their decision to receive...
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Sexual dysfunction, hair loss linked with long COVID
The symptoms, among others, join a list of better-known symptoms linked to long COVID.
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Regular fasting linked to less severe COVID: Study
“Intermittent fasting has already shown to lower inflammation and improve cardiovascular health.”
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Children and COVID: Severe illness rising as vaccination effort stalls
New cases continue to climb, but the pace of that increase has slowed.
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Updates on treatment/prevention of VTE in cancer patients
“Because patients with cancer have a baseline increased risk of VTE, compared with patients without cancer, the combination of both COVID-19 and...
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New Omicron COVID boosters coming soon: What to know now
Federal health officials are still hammering out details of guidelines and recommendations of who should get the boosters.
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Haven’t had COVID yet? Wanna bet?
These silent COVID-19 cases reflect a hidden side of the pandemic that may be helping to drive new surges and viral variants.
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases top 95,000, admissions continue to rise
The first children under age 5 years to receive the COVID-19 vaccine have been getting in line again for their second shot.
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Evusheld for COVID-19: Lifesaving and free, but still few takers
“HHS hasn’t made a major educational effort to promote it.”