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COVID-19: Two more cases of mucosal skin ulcers reported in male teens
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Pfizer COVID vaccine antibodies may disappear in 7 months, study says
“Our study shows vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine induces high levels of neutralizing antibodies against the original vaccine strain,...
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Drug cocktail significantly reduced severe COVID, death in outpatients
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Worried parents scramble to vaccinate kids despite FDA guidance
More than half of all parents with children under 12 say they plan to get their kids vaccinated, according to a Gallup poll.
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Booster shot back-and-forth creates uncertainty, confusion
“I take care of a fair number of folks...including the elderly and healthcare professionals. They are already asking for the booster.”
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Children and COVID: New cases topped 200,000 after 3 weeks of declines
13 million children have received the vaccine, but the pace of new vaccinations continues to slow.
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These schools use weekly testing to keep kids in class – and COVID out
These measures stand in sharp contrast to the confusion in states where people are still fighting about wearing masks in the classroom and other...
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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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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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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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COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy may protect baby, too
“The presence of these anti-spike antibodies in the cord blood should, at least in theory, offer these newborns some degree of protection,” a...