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...
Read MoreOrgan Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving Covid-Infected Lungs
The first confirmed U.S. case of SARS-CoV-2 being transmitted through an organ transplant has prompted calls for updated transplant protocols and additional testing of samples from deep within donor lungs.
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A COVID Love Note from a Mother Physician
The media is reporting the division of “sides” people are taking when it comes to the pandemic....
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Age, Frailty Independently Linked to COVID-19 Mortality
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For adults hospitalized with COVID-19, age and...
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Covid-19: CDC Releases Guidance For Reopening School
Agency calls for mitigation strategies, monitoring of community transmission The CDC released its...
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Covid-19: Forget About Zinc and Vitamin C
Randomized trial stopped early due to futility Use of the over-the-counter supplements zinc...
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COVID Vaccine & Allergic Reaction FAQS
What are the different COVID vaccines that are available? There are two vaccines that have been...
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CDC: COVID-19 Quarantines Not Necessary for Vaccinated People
THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Fully vaccinated Americans can now skip...
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Schools Walk the Tightrope Between Ideal Safety and the Reality of Covid
Across the country, politics have muddied the question of when and how to reopen schools. Even though teachers continue to fear for their safety, lawmakers and parents are demanding that schools take advantage of declining infection rates to open safely and quickly.
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Covid-19: FDA Authorizes Antibody Combo to Treat Mild, Moderate Disease
Indication includes individuals age 65 and older and those with chronic conditions WASHINGTON —The...
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Why the U.S. Is Underestimating COVID Reinfection
Hundreds of Americans suspect they contracted covid early in the pandemic and recovered, only to get infected again months later. But because the U.S. does so little genetic sequencing of covid samples, we don’t know much about reinfection rates.
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SCCM: ICU Patient-to-Worker Covid-19 Transmission Low
Study findings suggest PPE effective in critical care settings Patient-to-health-care worker...
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COVID-19 Vaccine Scammers Proliferating on the ‘Dark Web’
MONDAY, Feb. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Online COVID-19 vaccine scams are becoming more...
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Covid and Kids
Can schools safely reopen before all teachers and staffers are vaccinated against covid? And what’s the best way to communicate that science — and scientific recommendations — change and evolve? Also, get ready for a redo of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act coverage, this time with help and outreach to find those eligible. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
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Covid-19: Weekly Testing, 2-Week Isolation is Cost Effective in Areas with High Spread
Modeling study considered testing strategies by community spread In communities where Covid-19 is...
Read MoreCovid-Certified Businesses Try to Woo Leery Patrons
Public health officials in Colorado have joined forces with local businesses in a new program meant to encourage people to shop and dine in a covid-crippled economy.
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COVID Vaccine – Four Lessons from Speedy Development
The development of a COVID vaccine is one of the most closely watched human experiments in modern...
Read MoreWhen Your Chance for a Covid Shot Comes, Don’t Worry About the Numbers
Late-stage trial results for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine showed it was 66% effective overall in preventing moderate to severe covid illness, while the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were more than 90% effective. But the numbers aren’t exactly comparable. And all three shots prevent hospitalization and death.
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Psychological Distress High Among Students During COVID-19
TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The prevalence of self-reported psychological...
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