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Who's Got COVID? Dogs Can Quickly Tell
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 2023 – Do you have COVID-19? With a little training, your dog might be more effective at figuring that out than even at-home antigen or sophisticated hospital tests. Dogs are so...
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Rise for Fourth Straight Week
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 2023 – New hospitalizations for Americans with severe COVID are climbing once again. The number of patients being admitted to hospitals has grown for each of the past four weeks,...
Long COVID Symptoms Persist Through 12 Months
TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2023 – Long COVID symptoms can persist for up to 12 months, according to research published in the Aug. 11 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity...
Post-Pandemic End to Food Assistance Programs Meant 2 Million More Americans Went Hungry
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 – The federal government recently stopped pandemic-related emergency food aid, leaving perhaps 2 million more Americans without enough to eat. Emergency allotments in the...
Long COVID Triggered One Man's 'Blue Legs' Syndrome
MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 – A new scientific paper highlights a little-known symptom of long COVID: blue legs. Called acrocyanosis, it happened to a 33-year-old man cared for by Dr. Manoj Sivan at the...
For Some, Long COVID Symptoms Can Come and Go
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 – As researchers continue to try to better understand the condition known as long COVID, a new study has discovered that symptoms can emerge months after infection or even...
New COVID-19 Variant EG.5 Now Dominant in U.S., CDC Says
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 – A variant nicknamed Eris now accounts for the largest proportion of new COVID-19 infections across America. About 17.3 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases are believed to have...
How the COVID Vaccine Is Keeping Folks Out of the Hospital
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 – Most people know that even though vaccination doesn't eliminate their risk of getting COVID-19, it does lower their odds for severe illness – including their risk for...
New COVID Variant EG.5 Now Dominant in U.S., CDC Says
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 – A variant nicknamed Eris now accounts for the largest proportion of new COVID infections across America. About 17.3% of U.S. COVID cases are believed to have been caused by t...
One Personality Type Is More Prone to Be an Anti-Vaxxer
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 – When studying which personality types were more likely to resist getting vaccines, researchers got a surprise. It was the extroverts who were more vaccine resistant. Compared...
Early-Stage Cancer Diagnoses Decreased During First Year of COVID-19
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 – The number of cancer diagnoses decreased following COVID-19 emergence in March 2020, with the largest decrease seen for stage I disease, according to a study published in...
Moderna or Pfizer? One COVID Shot May Be Safer for Older Adults
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 – While both the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are considered safe and highly effective, new research finds the Moderna shot has been the safest and most effective for...
COVID Pandemic Might Have Pushed More Girls Into Early Puberty
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 – More girls started puberty before age 8 during the COVID-19 pandemic, a phenomenon called precocious puberty, researchers say. The reasons include potential risk factors...
Biden Administration Launches Office for Long COVID Research
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 – As Americans continue to grapple with the effects of long COVID, the Biden administration on Monday announced the creation of a new office focused on research about the...
Oral Probenecid Cuts Time to Viral Clearance in COVID-19
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 – For patients with symptomatic, mild-to-moderate COVID-19, oral probenecid results in a reduction in the time to viral clearance, according to a study published online July 6...
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