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FDA panel backs adding Omicron component to COVID boosters
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COVID subvariants could cause ‘substantial’ summer cases
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Racial/ethnic disparities exacerbated maternal death rise during 2020 pandemic.
Sorting out the best way to do this type of research will be important for looking at excess deaths and maternal mortality following other events...
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COVID vaccination in DMT-treated MS patients: New data
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New saliva-based COVID-19 test provides rapid results
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COVID-19 Pandemic stress affected ovulation, not menstruation
The ‘experiment of nature’ that coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown produced several findings that call into question commonly held...
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Diabetes tied to risk of long COVID, too
Roughly 43% of studies in a literature review identified diabetes as a risk factor for postacute sequelae of COVID-19.
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Blood test aims to measure COVID immunity
This test, researchers say, is faster, can scale up to test many more people, and can be adapted to detect viral mutations as they emerge in the...
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Surgery during a pandemic? COVID vaccination status matters – or not
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People with HIV may need an additional COVID vaccine dose
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FDA panel strongly backs protein-based Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
“Having a protein-based alternative may be more comfortable for some in terms of their acceptance of vaccines.”