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Two new studies, one from the United States and one from Canada, suggest that the oral antiviral drug Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) is effective in lowering the odds of hospitalization or death from the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant.

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COVID-19 might increase diabetes risk -- study

Tue, 2023-02-14 10:24 — mike kraft

COVID-19 might increase diabetes risk, Penn State study finds - UPI.com People who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 may be 66% more likely to develop type 1 or type 2 diabetes, a study at Penn State College of Medicine says. UPI

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Research Indicates Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Shape Treatments

Tue, 2023-02-14 10:06 — mike kraft

Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system Stephani Sutherland Scientific American

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15 Signs of COVID That Could Mean Persons Were Sick but Didn’t Know

Tue, 2023-02-14 09:56 — mike kraft

15 Signs of COVID That Could Mean You Were Sick but Didn’t Know By now, we've all known someone who's had COVID-19. With the two most dominant variants now significantly more contagious than their parent, Omicron...have you been infected without realizing it? Here are subtle signs of COVID that may suggest this. The post 15 Signs of COVID That Could Mean You Were Sick but Didn’t Know appeared first on The Healthy. MSN

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People who haven't had COVID will likely catch XBB.1.5 – and many will get reinfected, experts say

Tue, 2023-02-14 09:51 — mike kraft

People who haven't had COVID will likely catch XBB.1.5 – and many will get reinfected, experts say New COVID variant XBB.1.5 is very contagious, meaning everyone is at risk for infection even if you've already had COVID. Here's what that means. YahooNews

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U.S. government to buy 1.5 mln more Novavax COVID vaccine doses

Mon, 2023-02-13 17:23 — mike kraft

U.S. government to buy 1.5 mln more Novavax COVID vaccine doses The U.S. government has agreed to buy 1.5 million more doses of Novavax Inc COVID-19 vaccine, the company said on Monday, adding that the modified agreement includes funds for development of an updated vaccine by fall this year. Reuters Reuters

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Omicron XBB.1.5 variant expands US dominance except to northwest

Mon, 2023-02-13 09:38 — mike kraft

Omicron XBB.1.5 variant expands US dominance CIDRAP

...the CDC said the more transmissible XBB.15 subvariant makes up an estimated 74.7% of cases, up from 66.4% last week. The only area where the subvariant isn't dominant is in the far northwestern region, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

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