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FDA pulls U.S. authorization for Eli Lilly’s COVID drug bebtelovimab
The drug is not expected to neutralize the dominant BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 subvariants of Omicron.
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RSV surge stuns parents and strains providers, but doctors offer help
The parents of the child who had a severe case of RSV reflected on the their son’s bout with the illness.
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Pandemic caused treatment delay for half of patients with CTCL, study finds
No clinical trials exist to inform maintenance protocols in patients with cutaneous lymphomas.
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Buzzy Lancet long COVID paper under investigation for ‘data errors’
A reader found inconsistencies between the data in the article and a later paper describing the same cohort of patients after a year of follow-up...
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Covid vax prevents death in children regardless of variant
But the vaccine’s effectiveness decreased over time.
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What is the genetic influence on the severity of COVID-19?
“There is no doubt that genetics contribute to the severity of COVID-19.”
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U.S. flu activity already at mid-season levels
Nationally, 6% of all outpatient visits were because of flu or flu-like illness for the week of Nov. 13-19.
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More vaccinated people dying of COVID as fewer get booster shots
But the case for the effectiveness of vaccines and boosters versus skipping the shots remains strong.
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Without guidelines, docs make their own long-COVID protocols
Treating the condition requires equal combinations of skill, experience, and intuition. Doctors begin to cobble together treatment plans.
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The right indoor relative humidity could ward off COVID
The “sweet spot” associated with reduced COVID-19 cases and deaths is 40%-60% indoor relative humidity.
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Major life stressors ‘strongly predictive’ of long COVID symptoms
Therapies that lessen the trauma of the most stress-inducing life events need to be a central part of treatment for long COVID, with more research...