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Breakthrough COVID dangerous for vaccinated cancer patients
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- Carolyn Crist
Vaccinated patients with cancer are more likely than those without cancer to contract a breakthrough COVID-19...
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U.S. pulls COVID drug as Omicron subvariant spreads
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- Carolyn Crist
The FDA’s decision means that one antibody drug is still authorized for use against routine COVID-19 cases.
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Early puberty cases among girls surged during pandemic
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- Carolyn Crist
Doctors have tied the current uptick to the stress of the pandemic and lockdowns, including reduced physical activity and increased consumption of...
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First COVID-19 human challenge study provides insights
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- Carolyn Crist
A small droplet that contains the coronavirus can infect someone with COVID-19, according to recent results from the first COVID-19 human...
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Ivermectin doesn’t help treat COVID-19, large study finds
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- Carolyn Crist
“Now that people can dive into the details and the data, hopefully that will steer the majority of doctors away from ivermectin toward other...
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Tick-borne Heartland virus circulating in U.S., researchers say
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- Carolyn Crist
“Heartland is an emerging infectious disease that is not well understood.”
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U.S. health officials tracking COVID-19 increase in U.K.
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- Carolyn Crist
“Over the last year or so, what happens in the U.K. usually happens here a few weeks later.”
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Sleep experts recommend permanent standard time, rather than DST
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- Carolyn Crist
Sleep experts argued in favor of standard time, while other industry experts argued for daylight saving time to reduce crime, save energy, and...
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COVID surge in Western Europe puts U.S. health experts on alert
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- Carolyn Crist
“It’s like a weather alert. Right now, the skies are sunny and bright, and we hope they stay that way.”
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Half of U.S. adults exposed to harmful lead levels as children: Study
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- Carolyn Crist
“Most of what we think of as the Lost Generation and the Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers had a moderate amount of lead exposure.”
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COVID-19 found in 29 types of animals, scientists say
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- Carolyn Crist
The virus “could be evolving in hosts we are not aware of.”
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Long COVID patients may develop nerve damage: Study
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- Carolyn Crist
Ten patients – or 59% – had at least one test that confirmed neuropathy.
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First possible case of deer-to-human COVID transmission identified
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- Carolyn Crist
“It’s reassuring that we found no evidence of further transmission, during a time when we were doing a lot of sampling and a lot of sequencing.”...
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New studies indicate COVID pandemic began in Wuhan market
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- Carolyn Crist
The new findings provide the strongest evidence yet that the pandemic had animal-related origins.
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Mask mandates ending in all but one state
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- Carolyn Crist
“We want to give people a break from things like mask-wearing, when these metrics are better, and then have the ability to reach for them again...