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Schools cut covid-19 sick days by 20 per cent using HEPA air filters
Health Placing HEPA air filters into classrooms in the Bradford area of the UK reduced the number of covid-19-related absences among students by more than 20 per cent By Clare Wilson A HEPA filter in a classroom at Bowling Park Primary School in Bradford, UKUniversity of Leeds Air filter machines put into a handful of
It’s good to feel bad after your COVID shot
Published October 12, 20238 min readJeremy Warner has had six shots of the COVID vaccines. He’s an oncologist at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he treats immunocompromised patients with cancer who are especially vulnerable to COVID-19. To keep his patients safe, Warner rolls up his sleeves as soon as the U.S. Food and
Why (and When) You Should Get Both a COVID Shot and a Flu Shot This Fall
The COVID shots of 2021—and even the bivalent booster you may have gotten recently—are no longer a great match for the strains of the virus that are going around. Fortunately, new versions of the vaccine will be available this fall. Flu shots are also still important, and RSV shots are available for the very young
I Just Got Over COVID. Do I Need an Updated Shot?
Special Reports > Exclusives — And if I do, how long should I wait? by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today September 19, 2023 Updated COVID shots are becoming available in the U.S. amid what appears to be a surge in cases -- leaving some to wonder whether they need an
Doc Who Said COVID Vax Magnetized People Has License Suspended
Special Reports > Features — Sherri Tenpenny, DO, "refused" to cooperate with investigation by Ohio's medical board by Michael DePeau-Wilson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today August 11, 2023 The State Medical Board of Ohio voted to suspend the medical license of Sherri Tenpenny, DO, on Wednesday, after she failed to cooperate with an investigation
Long COVID Symptoms May Emerge Months After Infection
Neurology > Long COVID — Fewer Americans have long COVID but many have significant activity limitations, CDC data show by Judy George, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today August 10, 2023 Long COVID symptoms may emerge months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, data from the prospective multicenter INSPIRE study suggested. Symptom prevalence decreased over 1 year among long
Infectious Disease > COVID-19 — It's a descendant of XBB.1.5, but it "isn't setting off any red flags for me," expert says by Sophie Putka, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today June 27, 2023 The CDC is tracking a handful of new COVID variants, including the EU.1.1 variant, which now makes up an estimated 1.7%
After COVID-19, Can mRNA Vaccines Help with Cancer as Well?
Vaccines against Covid-19 were delivered with remarkable and unprecedented speed. The ones pioneered by Moderna in the US and BioNTech in Germany introduced the lay public to a new kind of shot: one that includes mRNA, the nucleic acid that normally carries genetic instructions from the cell nucleus to the part of the cell where
Are We Ready for the Long COVID Long-Haul?
Opinion > Second Opinions — The COVID public health emergency may be over, but this condition isn't going away Traci Kurtzer, MD May 14, 2023 "I just don't know what is wrong with me, but something is off, and I am so forgetful. I feel like I have dementia," a good friend said to me
How the End of the COVID Public Health Emergency May Affect You
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