COVID-19 Updates
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Fingers take the fight to COVID-19
Plus: The interesting man in his flying machine, giving food as medicine some bite, and one benefit of being rude or stubborn.
From the Journals
Psychotropic med use tied to ‘striking’ post-COVID dementia risk
“It is possible that psychotropic medications may potentiate the neurostructural changes that have been found in the brain of those who have...
News from the FDA/CDC
Children and COVID: The long goodbye continues
At its peak, the Omicron surge placed the highest burden on older Hispanic children.
News from the FDA/CDC
As FDA OKs another COVID booster, some experts question need
“Is the goal to prevent any symptomatic infection with COVID-19, is the goal to prevent the spread of COVID-19, or is the goal to prevent severe...
Conference Coverage
‘Staggeringly high’ rates of psychiatric symptoms after COVID-19
Conference Coverage
Different variants may cause different long COVID symptoms: Study
From the Journals
Even moderate exercise offers strong shield from COVID-19
“Should we come across further waves of this pandemic, our advice from a medical point of view should be to promote and facilitate exercise.”
Conference Coverage
COVID-19 infection linked to risk of cutaneous autoimmune and vascular diseases
“Our theory is that the severe inflammatory nature of COVID-19 leads to a lot of internal organ damage and exposure of autoantigens in that...
Feature
Natural, vaccine-induced, and hybrid immunity to COVID-19
From the Journals
‘Pandemic brain’ not limited to patients infected with COVID-19
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Moderna reports positive COVID-19 vaccine response in kids down to 6 months
Vaccine efficacy against infection was 43.7% in children aged 6 months to 2 years and 37.5% among children aged 2-6 years, the new data from its...