Category: Infectious diseases

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Anchor lead: How can you be tested to tell the difference between the flu and Covid-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports Both Sars-CoV2 and the flu are circulating right now, and if you think you may have one of these infections it’s …

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Anchor lead: How can you tell if you’ve got Covid, the flu, or both? Elizabeth Tracey reports Think you might have Covid-19, or maybe the flu? This year it’s important to seek medical care so you can be tested. That’s …

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Anchor lead: What can we expect as we head into the flu season? Elizabeth Tracey reports It’s flu season now in the United States and other parts of the northern hemisphere, and Sars-CoV2 is more active than ever. Lisa Maragakis, …

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Anchor lead: People with diabetes may soon be able to inject insulin just once a week, Elizabeth Tracey reports Many people with diabetes must use the drug insulin, which may require them to inject themselves daily or even several times …

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Anchor lead: Estimates are that about 10% of the US population has been exposed to Sars-CoV2, Elizabeth Tracey reports Seroprevalence refers to looking for antibodies to an infection in a population, with the most recent study in the US finding …

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Anchor lead: Volunteers in the UK plan to allow themselves to be infected with Sars-CoV2 following vaccination, Elizabeth Tracey reports How can you tell if a Sars-CoV2 vaccine works? Most studies inject two groups of people, one of whom gets …

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Anchor lead: What accounts for an apparent decline in severity of Covid-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports Numbers of people infected with Sars-CoV2 continue to rise nationally, yet the rates of hospitalization and death are largely declining, recent data show. Brian Garibaldi, …

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