Covid-19: Pandemic Restrictions Take Emotional Toll on Teens
Nearly half of parents polled noted new, worsening mental health symptoms in their children...
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Mortality Higher for Diabetic Ketoacidosis With COVID-19
TUESDAY, March 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) with...
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Partial Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccination 63 Percent Effective
TUESDAY, March 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Partial vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech...
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‘Explained by KHN’: Consumer Concerns About the Covid Vaccines
Our newsroom has some of the best and smartest health care and health policy reporters in the business. We’ve created a new video series — “Explained by KHN” — in which our correspondents and editors answer common health care and policy questions. In this edition we cover consumer concerns over the covid-19 vaccines.
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mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Reduces Asymptomatic Infection, Real-World Data Shows
Mayo Clinic analysis supports efficacy of mRNA vaccines An analysis of real-world mRNA vaccine...
Read MoreMeet the Retired Nurse Who Could Give Covid Shots But Couldn’t Get One
She followed up on every possible avenue that would allow her to register for a vaccination appointment. Ultimately, it took a 40-minute drive and someone else’s cancellation to make it happen.
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Community Covid-19 Risk Higher Than Workplace Risk for Health Care Personnel
Most SARS-CoV-2 infections occurred outside workplace Workplace exposure was not a significant...
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Covid-19: 2020—The Year That Was
A special retrospective on the year and a conversation with AMA President Susan Bailey, MD To say...
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High Obesity Rates in Southern States Magnify Covid Threat
In the American South — home to nine of the nation’s 12 heaviest states — obesity is playing a role not only in covid outcomes, but in the calculus of the vaccination rollout.
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One Year In: How Covid’s Toll Compares With Other Causes of Death
Covid-19 has become the country’s third-leading cause of death, and isn’t far behind cancer.
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Decline in Kidney Function Faster After COVID-19-Related AKI
THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For patients with in-hospital acute kidney...
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Rates of Acute Allergic Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccines Extremely Low
THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Severe reactions consistent with anaphylaxis...
Read MoreFor Covid ‘Long Haulers,’ Battling for Disability Benefits Adds Aggravation to Exhaustion
Early in the pandemic, many patients couldn’t be tested. The lack of a covid diagnosis complicates disability insurance for those whose illness continues.
Read MoreWhat Childhood Vaccine Rates Can, and Can’t, Teach Us About Covid Vaccines
Hesitancy toward routine childhood vaccines doesn’t necessarily predict hesitancy toward a covid shot.
Read MoreOuch! Needle-Phobic People Scarred by So Many Images of Covid Shots
The pictures are on the nightly news, on billboards, bus stop posters and all over social media. How can people who fear needles manage to get their covid shots?
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Researchers Differentiate MIS-C From Severe COVID-19 in Children
TUESDAY, March 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patterns of clinical presentation and organ...
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Airlines Ask White House for Standardized COVID-19 Credentials for Passengers
TUESDAY, March 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Uniform guidelines are needed for credentials...
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Mandating Masks Linked to Drop in COVID-19 Cases, Deaths
TUESDAY, March 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Implementing mask mandates is associated with a...
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Covid-19: CDC Issues Guidance for Those Fully Vaccinated
Vaccinated individuals see some relaxed restrictions, but precautions still apply The CDC has...
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FDA Warns Consumers to Not Use Ivermectin for COVID-19
MONDAY, March 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a...
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