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Could Viagra help prevent Alzheimer’s?
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- Carolyn Crist
“Being able to repurpose a drug already licensed for health conditions could help speed up the drug discovery process and bring about life-...
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COVID-19 antibody drug likely works against Omicron, companies say
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- Carolyn Crist
The preliminary findings haven’t yet been peer-reviewed.
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Moderna warns of material drop in vaccine efficacy against Omicron
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- Carolyn Crist
“There is no world, I think, where [the effectiveness] is the same level … we had with Delta.”
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Pfizer COVID vaccine is 100% effective in adolescents: Study
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- Carolyn Crist
The clinical trial researchers found no serious safety concerns while following patients for 6 months.
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Mask-wearing cuts new COVID-19 cases by 53%, study says
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- Carolyn Crist
Social distancing and handwashing were also effective at lowering the number of cases, but wearing masks was the most effective tool against the...
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With COVID-19 prevalent in deer, experts urge precautions
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- Carolyn Crist
Studies haven’t shown whether deer have infected humans.
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COVID-19 vaccine mandates are working, public health experts say
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- Carolyn Crist
Overall, vaccine mandates tend to reach groups who aren’t completely against the vaccine, medical experts said.
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Whistleblowers will play key role in enforcing workplace vaccine mandate
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- Carolyn Crist
“There is no army of OSHA inspectors that is going to be knocking on employers’ doors or even calling them.”
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Pfizer seeks EUA expansion for COVID-19 booster
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- Carolyn Crist
Pfizer is submitting a study of booster effects on 10,000 people to make its case.
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Unvaccinated people 20 times more likely to die from COVID: Texas study
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- Carolyn Crist
“The COVID-19 vaccines are doing an excellent job of protecting people from getting sick and from dying from COVID-19.”
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Cities, states offer to pay kids to get vaccinated
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- Carolyn Crist
The Chicago school district is also closing on Nov. 12 for Vaccination Awareness Day so students can get shots.
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COVID-19 vaccines provide 5 times the protection of natural immunity, CDC study says
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- Carolyn Crist
“We now have additional evidence that reaffirms the importance of COVID-19 vaccines, even if you have had prior infection.”
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Ohio records more deaths than births for first time
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- Carolyn Crist
“It’s COVID, clearly.”
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Unvaccinated people likely to catch COVID repeatedly
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- Carolyn Crist
“Reinfection can reasonably happen in three months or less.”
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COVID vaccination rates vary by zodiac sign
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- Carolyn Crist
“The COVID-19 vaccine is backed by science and is no way influenced by horoscopes,” the department continued. “...