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Covid-19: Internal Medicine Nurses Had Highest Risk for Infection in Early Pandemic

Jul 8, 2021

ICU worker risk was similar to hospital telephone operators Among health care workers in Italy...

Covid-19: HEPA Filters Plus Masks Substantially Reduce Viral Exposure

Jul 7, 2021

A viable solution for reducing Covid spread in close indoor settings? CDC researchers found that...

Covid-19: Breakthrough Infections Involve Lower Viral Load Following mRNA Vaccination

Jul 6, 2021

Vaccinated people less likely to infect others, study findings suggest Partial or full vaccination...

Analysis: Why We’ll Likely Never Know Whether a Covid Lab Leak Happened in China

Jul 6, 2021

If international scientific sleuths are hoping to see a lab log or find a whistleblower, that sort of information won’t be revealed. In China today, it is dangerous to say what you know if it challenges the official government narrative.

Covid-19: Protein-Based Vax Safe, Highly Effective, Study Finds

Jul 5, 2021

Efficacy similar to that reported for mRNA vaccines Peer-reviewed findings from a phase III trial...

A Break From Breathlessness: How Singing Helped Me Through Long Covid

Jul 2, 2021

Long before covid, music therapists used singing and wind instruments to help COPD and asthma patients. These same therapies might help patients recover from covid’s lingering symptoms as well. And though it wasn’t clinical music therapy, singing with an online choir has helped me navigate long covid.

Covid-19: mRNA Vaccines Convey Long-Lasting Protection, Study Finds

Jul 1, 2021

Booster doses may not be needed by many for years, or ever, findings suggest New research offers...

Covid 19: Thrombosis After mRNA Vax Rare, But Possible

Jul 1, 2021

Authors detail a case of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia after mRNA-1273 vaccination Although...

Covid-19: New Reports of Vaccine Linked Myocarditis

Jul 1, 2021

Most cases were in younger males, and most were mild Two case reports describe acute myocarditis...

The WHO Didn’t Reverse Its Position on Kids and Covid Vaccines

Jul 1, 2021

The World Health Organization this week updated its guidance on children and covid vaccinations — but in a different way than alleged in a viral social media post.

MMWR: Workplace Investigations a Vital Part of Covid-19 Contact Tracing

Jun 28, 2021

Workplace assessments in Washington helped ID cases that would have been missed Including...

Covid-19: One Vax Dose Effective for Residents of Long Term Care Facilities

Jun 28, 2021

VIVALDI study finds 56% efficacy within 4-7 weeks Elderly residents of long-term care facilities...

Covid-19: Vaccine Carries Low Risk for Bell Palsy, Studies Suggest

Jun 28, 2021

Having Covid-19 does increase the risk for the facial nerve disorder Facial nerve palsy has been...

FDA Authorizes Tocilizumab to Treat Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients

Jun 28, 2021

EUA based on results from four clinical trials The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for...

Covid-19: Black, Latino Children Appear at Greater Risk for Covid-Related Inflammatory Syndrome

Jun 28, 2021

Researchers identified novel MIS-C subtypes Black and Latino children were over-represented in a...

Thousands of Young Children Lost Parents to Covid. Where’s Help for Them?

Jun 28, 2021

More than 46,000 children in the U.S. have lost a parent to covid-19. Families say finding even basic grief counseling has been difficult and there’s been no coordinated effort to help these children access services or benefits.

Covid-19: Likely Link Between mRNA Vaccines and Heart Inflammation

Jun 25, 2021

CDC concludes vaccine benefit still outweighs risks There is a “likely association”...

Is Rand Paul Mixing Up the Vaccine Message for Covid Survivors?

Jun 25, 2021

The scientific literature shows that natural immunity does provide protection against covid-19, but experts say getting vaccinated can provide additional protection against variants.