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COVID-19 could become a persistent, seasonal plague, experts warn

Enlarge / Empty vials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a first-come, first-serve drive-thru vaccination site operated by the Lake County Health Department on January 28, 2021 in Groveland, Florida. Seniors 65 and older waited in line for hours to be vaccinated. (credit: Getty | NurPhoto) Some experts speculate that the pandemic coronavirus […]

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Under intense pressure, WHO skips summary report on coronavirus origin

Enlarge / Liang Wannian (2nd L) and Peter Ben Embarek (3rd R) both members of the WHO-China joint study team, shake hands after the WHO-China joint study press conference in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, on Feb. 9, 2021. (credit: Getty | Xinhua News Agency ) Facing intense international pressure and criticism, the World Health […]

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B.1.1.7 variant now 10% of US cases—and cases are once again ticking up

Enlarge / President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff participate in a moment of silence and candle light ceremony at sundown with 500 candles for the 500,000 dead from the COVID-19 pandemic, at the South Portico at the White House on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 in […]

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Benefits of wearing a mask include reducing severity of COVID-19

Medical News Bulletin | Health News and Medical Research – Daily Medical News, Health News, Clinical Trials And Clinical Research, Medical Technology, Fitness And Nutrition News–In One Place A research group from the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland) investigated the impact that wearing a mask has on the severity of COVID-19. They found that […]

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We’ll likely have a 3rd COVID vaccine soon; J&J vaccine clears last hurdle

Enlarge / A sign at the Johnson & Johnson campus on August 26, 2019 in Irvine, California. (credit: Getty | Mario Tama) After a day-long meeting Friday, an advisory panel for the US Food and Drug Administration voted 22 to 0 to recommend issuing an Emergency Use Authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot, refrigerator-stable COVID-19 […]

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A 3rd shot? A new booster? Vaccine makers race to trials to beat variants

Enlarge / COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Madrid on Feb. 26, 2021. (credit: Getty | NurPhoto) With worrisome coronavirus variants seemingly emerging and spreading everywhere, lead vaccine makers are wasting no time in trying to get ahead of the growing threat. This week, Moderna and partners Pfizer and BioNTech announced they have kicked […]

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Seven common long-term symptoms of COVID-19

Medical News Bulletin | Health News and Medical Research – Daily Medical News, Health News, Clinical Trials And Clinical Research, Medical Technology, Fitness And Nutrition News–In One Place With US deaths from COVID-19 recently surpassing 500,000, there are 111 million confirmed cases worldwide. Fortunately, COVID-19 vaccination is also on the rise, with more than 63 […]

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Wearable devices can detect COVID-19

Medical News Bulletin | Health News and Medical Research – Daily Medical News, Health News, Clinical Trials And Clinical Research, Medical Technology, Fitness And Nutrition News–In One Place A research group out of Mount Sinai tracked physiological data of healthcare workers using wearable devices to determine if COVID-19 could be detected prior to a positive […]

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Garden-variety germs may explode in COVID’s wake, study suggests

Enlarge / Young children go back to kindergarten following COVID-19 lockdown. (credit: Getty | TPG) In our cushy COVID bubbles, our immune systems may be getting soft. Physical distancing, lockdowns, masking, and spirited sanitizing all mean we are coming into contact with fewer garden-variety germs than normal. This year’s flu season was basically cancelled. While […]

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Allocetra for COVID-19

Medical News Bulletin | Health News and Medical Research – Daily Medical News, Health News, Clinical Trials And Clinical Research, Medical Technology, Fitness And Nutrition News–In One Place Researchers investigate whether Allocetra could be helpful in reducing symptoms in critical COVID-19 patients. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives and well-being of many people around […]