Do I need a second dose of the new COVID-19 vaccine?
The CDC has just announced a second shot for elders and the immunocompromised people -...
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Study: Severe COVID raised risk of heart attack, stroke as much as having heart disease
Being hospitalized for COVID in 2020 amplified the risk of heart attacks and other cardiac...
Do at-home COVID tests actually expire?
Can you use an at-home COVID-19 test past its expiration date — and can it...
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Trump chooses controversial Stanford professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH
A leading critic of the federal response to the COVID pandemic, Bhattacharya promises reforms.
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Don’t throw out expired COVID-19 tests, FDA says
According to the FDA, expiration dates can be extended when the manufacturer provides data showing...
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Here’s why getting a COVID shot during pregnancy is important
Nearly 90% of babies who had to be hospitalized with Covid-19 had mothers who didn’t...
Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after ‘nightmare’ COVID conditions, with little help
COVID killed more than 3,600 U.S. health care workers in the first year of the pandemic. It...
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Study shows how pandemic affected teen boys and girls differently
Teen girls were more adversely affected than teen boys, with girls’ brains aging more than...
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New COVID-19 XEC variant circulating just before fall
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers indicate that the vaccine and booster shots should...
The technology used to make the COVID vaccine may be key to pancreatic cancer treatment
The vaccine, made with the same sequencing technology as the COVID vaccine, will be tested...