Covid-19: The Masks Are Coming Off, But Should They?
MMWR report gives further evidence that masks work During the Covid-19 pandemic, the ubiquitous...
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Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Young Covid ‘Long Haulers’
Pediatric hospitals are creating clinics for the increasing number of children reporting lingering covid symptoms similar to those that plague some adults long after they have recovered.
Read MoreBeijing’s SARS Lockdown Taught My Children Resilience. Your Covid Kids Will Likely Be Fine.
Living through SARS taught my children important lessons, and not just about hygiene. It taught them how to make sacrifices for the sake of friends, family and community.
Read MoreSorting Out How Politics, Policies Figure in Flap Over New York Nursing Home Covid Death Rates
The debate begins with the covid death tallies. But the issues go beyond basic numbers.
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Response to One Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine Strong for Previously Infected
TUESDAY, March 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Individuals with previous severe acute respiratory...
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‘Into the Covid ICU’: A New Doctor Bears Witness to the Isolation, Inequities of Pandemic
Dr. Paloma Marin-Nevarez graduated from medical school during the pandemic. We follow the rookie doctor for her first months working at a hospital in Fresno, California, as she grapples with isolation, anti-mask rallies and an overwhelming number of deaths.
Read MoreLearning to Live Again: A Lazarus Tale From the Covid Front Lines
The staff at L.A. County’s public rehabilitation hospital is helping mostly Latino, low-income patients recover the basic functions of daily life robbed from them during weeks or months of critical covid illness.
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High Dose of Vitamin D Does Not Cut COVID-19 Hospital Stay
MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A single high dose of vitamin D3 does not shorten...
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COVID-19 Outcomes No Worse for People With Asthma
MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 outcomes are similar for people with or...
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Walmart Expands COVID-19 Vaccination Program
MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Walmart said it will expand its COVID-19...
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AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Easy to Update in Response to Variants
MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A COVID-19 vaccine still awaiting U.S. Food and...
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Covid-19: Long-Hauler Syndrome Has a Name—Post-Acute Sequelae of Covid-19
Survey finds 1 in 3 patients reported symptoms of PASC Federal health officials recently announced...
Read MoreHave a Case of a Covid Variant? No One Is Going to Tell You
As experts race to get an approved test for covid variants, officials are severely restricted from sharing information about the cases. That makes it harder to protect others.
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#PWChat: The #ThisIsOurShot Campaign – Part 2
The latest installment of the #PWChat series was part 2 of a discussion centered around the...
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COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Plummet in Nursing Homes After Vaccine Rollout
THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In a hopeful turnaround during a long pandemic,...
Read MoreCovid Strikes Clergy as They Comfort Pandemic’s Sick and Dying
Spiritual leaders risk their own lives and health to tend to covid’s victims and their loved ones.
Read More‘It Doesn’t Feel Worth It’: Covid Is Pushing New York’s EMTs to the Brink
Struggling with low pay and high stress, New York paramedics and EMTs are reaching a breaking point.
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FDA Review Reveals J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Safe, Effective
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A single-shot COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson...
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AAN: Smell Loss Can Persist for Five Months After COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Chemosensory dysfunction (CD) persists in a...
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Children Given Flu Shot Less Likely to Have Symptomatic COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Children who have received an influenza vaccine...
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