With COVID-19 on the rise again and many nursing home staffers unvaccinated, families still lack easy access to crucial Medicare immunization data that will help them pick the right facility for their loved one. Medicare has a “Care Compare” website…
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Allocating COVID vaccines based on health and socioeconomic factors could cut mortality
An estimated 43 percent of the variability in U.S. COVID-19 mortality is linked with county-level socioeconomic indicators and health vulnerabilities, with the strongest association seen in the proportions of people living with chronic kidney disease and living in nursing homes….
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Utah gov apologizes for COVID-19 vaccine data error: 'We screwed up'
Companies ‘likely’ allowed to require the COVID vaccine: Jonathan Turley GW Constitutional Law professor weighs in on Morgan Stanley requiring employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on ‘Your World’ Utah’s governor apologized Monday for an apparent error in COVID-19 vaccination…
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How afraid of COVID variants should we be?
More than 4 million. That’s how many people have been killed by COVID-19 globally as of Thursday. At least, that’s the officially reported number. As SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, continues to spread, it is mutating. It is those…
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COVID vaccines work just as well in obese people with 96% efficacy
COVID-19 vaccines work just as well in obese people, with up to 96% efficacy against infection, analysis finds All three vaccines available in the U.S, Pfizer, Moderna and J&J, are just as effective in obese people, a new analysis finds…
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Russia sets another COVID record as world battles Delta variant
Russia reported its fifth record for daily COVID-19 deaths in a row on Saturday, as countries around the world rushed to contain the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. The variant has propelled a resurgence of the virus…
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COVID vaccine from Germanys CureVac just 48% effective
Germany’s CureVac said Wednesday that final trial results showed its coronavirus vaccine had an efficacy rate of just 48 percent, far lower than those developed by mRNA rivals BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna. The outcome had been expected after poor interim data…
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Link between obesity and COVID-19 may not be what it seems
Obesity is frequently cited as a risk factor for severe COVID-19, but the role of weight bias and discrimination in that risk demands further investigation, according to Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, an associate professor of family medicine at the University of…
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Previous infection with COVID-19 does not affect the chance of success in IVF
Only now, more than a year after COVID-19 infection rates first hit peak levels and in the knowledge that receptors for SARS-CoV-2 are present in the ovary, are we able to assess the effect of the virus on reproductive function….
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Delta variant symptoms: How to tell the difference between COVID-19 and hay fever
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