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Mask mandates ending in all but one state
“We want to give people a break from things like mask-wearing, when these metrics are better, and then have the ability to reach for them again...
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Twenty-three percent of health care workers likely to leave industry soon: Poll
“We’re trying to help people here, and we are getting verbally and physically abused for it.”
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Subvariant may be more dangerous than original Omicron strain
While BA.2 spreads faster than BA.1, there’s no evidence the subvariant makes people any sicker.
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Two factors linked to higher risk of long COVID in IBD
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Ivermectin does not stop progression to severe COVID: randomized trial
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New ivermectin, HCQ scripts highest in GOP-dominated counties
Rates of new hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) prescriptions particularly increased in highly Republican counties after the Food and Drug Administration...
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Long COVID is real and consists of these conditions – or does it?
“I think this is at least helpful in telling us what disease states are different pre- and post COVID, and what sorts of diagnoses clinicians...
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About 73% of U.S. estimated to be immune to Omicron variant
Nationwide, about 80 million Americans are still vulnerable. “The 26% who could still get Omicron right now have to be very careful.”
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Post–COVID vaccine AHA cases raise eyebrows in Italy
Four cases of acquired hemophilia A that occurred following COVID-19 vaccinations in one Italian province could indicate “possible complications...
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ACIP issues adult vaccination schedule 2022
“Providers should administer all due and overdue vaccines according to the routine immunization schedule during the same visit.”
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Patients are interrupting DMARD use well into the COVID-19 pandemic
Rates of patients stopping disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) have begun to rise after initially falling during the pandemic, with...