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Children can spread the coronavirus like anyone else — but there's still a lot to learn about how infectious they are
Researchers in Germany recently determined that "children may be as infectious as adults." They cau…
Aria Bendix
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Doctors in Italy have found a link between the coronavirus and the rare inflammatory disease seen in more than 100 children
Eight out of 10 children with a rare 'Kawasaki-like' disease had also been exposed to the coronavir…
Mia Jankowicz
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People are obsessed with a game where you destroy humanity by spreading a disease. It's a way to work through coronavirus anxiety, according to an expert.
The University of Cambridge made Killer Flu, Medical Mysteries, and Pandemic 2 (which accused Plagu…
Shira Feder,Shira Feder
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The World Cup May Be The Perfect Setting For A Major Outbreak Of An Extremely Painful Disease
The recent report, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, found that three of the match-hosti…
Kevin Loria
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After A Year, Scientists Have Linked The Deadly MERS Virus To Camels
"The fact that 100% of the Omanian camels are positive means that the result is highly significant …
Jennifer Welsh
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A dog tested positive for monkeypox, and may have contracted the virus from his owners, raising questions about human-to-animal transmission
A couple in Paris both showed symptoms of monkeypox 12 days before their Italian greyhound develope…
Andrea Michelson
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Common antidepressant lowers COVID-19 hospitalization risk, new study suggests
Researchers began looking into fluvoxamine, which is used to treat OCD, at the start of the pandemi…
Erin Snodgrass
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Fully vaccinated people can pass on the Delta variant at home, including to other vaccinated people, a study finds - but unvaccinated people are still at most risk
Study authors said vaccines alone were "not enough" to stop COVID-19 - but that it was "essential" …
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Vitamin D could be a piece of COVID-19's 'complex puzzle,' Israeli scientists say, after a new study finds a link between deficiency and severe illness
Vitamin D helps bolster the immune system to tackle viruses that attack the lungs, the researchers …
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Getting sick with the Delta variant doubles hospitalization risk compared with Alpha, a large study of mostly unvaccinated people shows
Cambridge University's Dr. Anne Presanis, one of the study authors, said it was "crucial" to get fu…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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The most common coronavirus variant in the US is no worse for kids than adults, despite more children showing up at hospital, experts say
B.1.1.7, the coronavirus variant first found in the UK and the most common strain in the US, is no …
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Being fully vaccinated halves the risk of getting long COVID after infection, UK study suggests
The study, published in The Lancet, said a small proportion of fully vaxxed people with breakthroug…
Marianne Guenot
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A Nevada man was reinfected with the coronavirus — the first confirmed case in the US — and the 2nd time was worse
The unnamed 25-year-old man got the coronavirus twice, doctors have confirmed. Worryingly, he suffe…
Mia Jankowicz
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Fully vaccinated people are almost twice as likely to have no symptoms than unvaccinated people if they catch COVID-19, a study suggests
About 99% of more than 970,000 vaccinated people studied didn't catch COVID-19. The research used s…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Having severe COVID-19 doubled the chance of dying within a year in a new study — the risk was even higher for young people
Long-term complications from COVID-19 continued to jeopardize patients' health up to a year after t…
Aria Bendix
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There's more evidence that getting both doses of Pfizer's vaccine may be 'critical' to protecting against emerging variants
Antibodies are one aspect of the immune response. It's not clear how well Pfizer's vaccine works ag…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Fauci explains why you should keep wearing a face mask after receiving a COVID-19 shot
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday said there was still not enough data to know the extent to which vacc…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Real-world data suggest the side effects from Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are not as bad as expected
Researchers found that vaccine side effects like headaches and fatigue were reported less frequentl…
Kelsie Sandoval,Andrea Michel…
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Damning analysis of Trump's pandemic response suggested 40% of US COVID-19 deaths could have been avoided
A medical journal compared the number of US COVID-19 deaths - the highest in the world - with the d…
John Haltiwanger,Aylin Woodwa…
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Delta virus variant, which took over in the UK and threatens the US, doubles the risk of hospitalization, new data says. But vaccines are still effective.
The Delta variant, first seen in India, was already thought to be about 60% more infectious than ot…