Category: Infectious diseases
Vaccines and Long Covid
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Anchor lead: Does getting a vaccine help people who have long term symptoms after Covid-19 infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports Some people who’ve reported long term symptoms of Covid-19 infection and have gotten a vaccine against the virus report that their …
Covid and Cancer
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Anchor lead: Does having cancer make people more susceptible to Covid? Elizabeth Tracey reports Some people with cancer are more likely to become infected with Sars-CoV2 and develop Covid-19 than people who don’t have cancer, a very large analysis reveals. …
Treating Covid
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Anchor lead: A year of experience has led to greater knowledge in managing Covid-19 infection, Elizabeth Tracey reports Reflecting on the past year of treating people with Covid-19 infection, Brian Garibaldi, a critical care medicine expert at Johns Hopkins, says …
Delaying
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Anchor lead: What are the ramifications of delaying second doses of Covid-19 vaccine? Elizabeth Tracey reports Vaccinate as many people as possible or follow protocols for those vaccines that require two doses? Lots of attention is being paid to this …
Vaccine Protocols
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Anchor lead: With another new Covid vaccine added to the mix, what concerns remain? Elizabeth Tracey reports Johnson and Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine is now being deployed nationally along with the two previously authorized ones, yet having enough doses for everyone …
Dropping Numbers
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Anchor lead: Should we be relaxing our guard now that Covid-19 numbers are dropping? Elizabeth Tracey reports Covid-19 numbers are dropping, and that’s good news. Not so good is the rise of worrisome variants worldwide, which could stall or reverse …