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ACOG, SMFM urge all pregnant women to get COVID-19 vaccine
Only 16% of pregnant people have received one or more COVID-19 vaccine doses, the CDC says.
Commentary
COVID-19: Delta variant is raising the stakes
Doctors have a special responsibility to make the case for vaccination – especially now, said Dr. Robert T. London.
From the Journals
Vaccination alone won’t counter rise of resistant variants: Study
News from the FDA/CDC
Indoor masking needed in almost 70% of U.S. counties: CDC data
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‘War has changed’: CDC says Delta as contagious as chicken pox
Feature
COVID brings evolutionary virologists out of the shadows, into the fight
From the Journals
Doctors’ offices may be hot spot for transmission of respiratory infections
But it’s hard to know where exposures to influenzalike illnesses found in a new study occurred, says an expert.
News from the FDA/CDC
CDC to show vaccinated people infected with Delta remain contagious
The revelation is one reason the agency reversed course this week and said fully vaccinated people should go back to wearing masks in many cases...
Commentary
COVID-19, hearings on Jan. 6 attack reignite interest in PTSD
Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie says she counsels patients with PTSD about “three buckets” of treatment.
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‘A few mutations away’: The threat of a vaccine-proof variant
“When we have lots of people infected, we give more chances to the virus to diversify and then adapt to selective pressures.”
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Vaccinated people infected with Delta remain contagious
The CDC data show people with so-called breakthrough cases of the Delta variant may be just as contagious as unvaccinated people, even if they do...