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COVID-19 hospitalization 80% more likely for smokers
These results contrast with previous studies that have suggested a protective effect of smoking against COVID-19.
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Polyethylene glycol linked to rare allergic reactions seen with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
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Top questions answered about COVID-19 boosters for your patients
“The biggest concerns are that everyone wants it and they don’t know where to get it.”
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COVID-19 a rare trigger for Guillain-Barré syndrome
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Temporary hold of mycophenolate helps immune response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination
A comparison of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases shows that withholding mycophenolate around the time of vaccination can be...
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CDC chief overrules panel, OKs boosters for health care workers
Panelists “did not buy the need in occupational or institutional settings.”
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Long COVID appears to ‘impair’ survival in cancer patients
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Remdesivir sharply cuts COVID hospitalization risk, Gilead says
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New COVID-19 strain has reached the U.S.
The CDC has not classified R.1 as a variant of concern yet but noted it has “several mutations of importance” and “demonstrates evidence of...
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Your bathroom towel rack has a dirty little secret
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FDA OKs Pfizer COVID booster for 65 and over, those at high risk
Emerging evidence shows that booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine cause front-line immune defenders — called binding antibodies — to roughly triple...