A ‘malignant fever’—COVID-19—surges in North Korea – Science
Over the weekend, when Kee Park saw the latest figures on what North Korea calls a “malignant fever” sweeping the...
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Pfizer vaccine booster for kids 5 to 11 will soon be approved – The Washington Post
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5...
Ferndale schools reinstates face masks for students, staff because of uptick in COVID-19 – Detroit Free Press
An Oakland County school district is reinstating face masks for students and staff and the city of Detroit Health Department is...
City and County of Honolulu expands COVID-19 testing as demand increases – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
JAMM AQUINO / OCT. 13 The City and County of Honolulu will once again offer free COVID-19 testing for Oahu...
FDA: fluvoxamine doesn’t treat COVID-19 — and here’s 27 pages why – The Verge
When the US Food and Drug Administration rejected an antidepressant as a treatment for COVID-19 on Monday, it also released...
COVID vaccines may cut hospital Omicron cases in youth
Two new observational studies detail Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine protection among US children and adolescents amid the Omicron variant surge, one...
ECDC ups BA.4, BA.5 to variants of concern, warns of case rises
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) last week designated the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants as variants...
FDA Rejects Bid To Authorize Cheap Antidepressant As Covid Treatment – Forbes
ToplineThe Food and Drug Administration on Monday declined to authorize a cheap and widely available antidepressant as a treatment for...
Scientists identify characteristics to better define long COVID – National Institutes of Health (.gov)
News ReleaseMonday, May 16, 2022 Using machine learning, researchers find patterns in electronic health record data to better identify those...
Study: Readmission rate for COVID-19 is 11% – CIDRAP
Eleven percent of Canadian patients who were discharged after hospitalization for COVID-19 were readmitted to the hospital or died within...