Editor’s Note: Find the latest news and guidance on COVID-19 at Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), discussed Wednesday a …
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Find the latest news and guidance on COVID-19 at Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A single dose of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine is 92.6% effective in recalculations based on data submitted to …
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Find the latest news and guidance on COVID-19 at Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. This transcript has been edited for clarity. welcome to Impact factor, your weekly dose of feedback on a new …
Read More »1.7 million added to the protection list, increased antibodies in vaccinated people over 80 years of age
These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know today. An additional 1.7 million added to the protection list in England Up to 1.7 million more people will be added to …
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Long-term neurological symptoms, such as “brain fog” that some COVID-19 patients experience, may be caused by a unique pathology: occlusion of brain capillaries by large megakaryocyte cells, a new report suggests. The …
Read More »Colchicine reduces complications in outpatient COVID-19
Editor’s note: Get the latest COVID-19 news and guidance at Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. According to a press release from the ColCORONA trial investigators, the oral, anti-inflammatory drug colchicine may prevent complications …
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Get the latest COVID-19 news and guidance at Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Among the many vaccine candidates worldwide, the next possibility in the arsenal against COVID-19 is a single-dose Ad26.COV2.S vaccine in …
Read More »Toothbrush disinfection can protect against COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted from asymptomatic individuals, even in various ways, including droplets, aerosols, and to a lesser extent, in phomites. Now, Brazilian researchers have evaluated the use of these products in …
Read More »About 1 to 5 in mental development after COVID-19
Editor’s note: Get the latest COVID-19 news and guidance at Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. One in five COVID-19 patients are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder such as anxiety or depression within 3 …
Read More »Vanning COVID-19 Antibody Expected, No Reason for Alarm
Update November 5, 2020 The original text has been changed to clarify that Adaptive Technologies is located in Seattle, Washington. In recent months Omanus has been common in the headlines that antibodies …
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