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Anchor lead: When someone who’s been hospitalized with Covid-19, coming home can be a challenge, Elizabeth Tracey reports Helping people to manage coming home after being hospitalized with Covid-19 takes a team, and Adam Kaplin, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins …
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Anchor lead: Vaping leads to much worse disease when it comes to Covid-19, Elizabeth Tracey reports Teenagers and young adults who vape are five to seven times more likely to become infected with Sars-CoV2 and develop Covid-19, a recent study …
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Anchor lead: Obese men are at especially high risk for severe Covid-19 disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Obesity is confirmed as a risk factor for severe Covid-19, a study in Annals of Internal Medicine reports. David Kass, a cardiologist at Johns …
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Anchor lead: Does personal protective equipment prevent infectious disease among healthcare workers? Elizabeth Tracey reports Personal protective equipment or PPE may not adequately prevent infections among healthcare workers, a recent study concluded, with those working in the healthcare field 3.4 …
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Anchor lead: Data are accumulating on infection and death relative to Covid-19 among healthcare workers, Elizabeth Tracey reports Even with personal protective equipment, a recent Lancet study reports that healthcare workers are more than three times as likely to contract …
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Anchor lead: What are the challenges of HIV care during the Covid pandemic? Elizabeth Tracey reports HIV and TB are poised to resurge following Covid-19, public health experts warn in a recent Lancet publication. Joseph Cofrancesco, an HIV expert at …
