The treatment effect was strongest in healthcare workers 30 years and younger.
Study suggests medical masks may offer similar protecion as N95 respirators, but experts say hold on.
Public health professionals use some terms imprecisely, others incorrectly, and still others technically accurate but almost sure to be misunderstood by the public.
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Willingness to get a booster dose of vaccine dropped most notably in high-income countries.
The authors say Community Notes are a good way to nurture a learning environment rather than rely on censoring.
The FDA's vaccine advisory group will discuss the make-up of 2024-25 vaccines at its meeting on May 16.
Data from the WHO show that 81% of patients with severe COVID-19 received antibiotics, while an NIH study finds a 32% increase in resistant, hospital-acquired infections.
Optimal dosing of the drug based on body weight is still unknown.
Adults with long COVID were about twice as likely to experience depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, cognitive problems, and disabling fatigue.
The odds of the condition were increased among recipients of all 4 vaccines studied: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and J&J.
Participants with a history of COVID-19 were more likely to experience some degree of smell loss compared with those without a history.
Reasons cited for accepting the option of refusing treatment included unreasonable risk to physicians and their families and labor rights and worker protection.
Researchers also estimated that 230,134 cases were averted in kids aged 5 to 11 years, a 24% reduction.