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Prior Omicron infection may not protect against future COVID-19 infection People may assume that a COVID-19 infection protects them the next time they encounter the virus, but that's not necessarily true. Yahoo News

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Long COVID. Shorter Life? New research reveals an arduous road to recovery The first study to look at two years of data shows the devastating effects of long COVID-but there are still no validated treatments. Fortune

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‘Eris’ COVID strain leaves vaccine strategy mostly unchanged Welcome to The Hill’s Health Care newsletter{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story ‘Eris’ strain leaves vaccine strategy mostly unchanged The updated COVID-19… emartin The Hill

The updated COVID-19 booster shots were designed to target the XBB variant, and they’ll still likely work just as well against the new dominant strain.

The US eliminated malaria in 1951. How can it keep it under control now? | CNN Working underground in a biosafety level 3 insectary in Tres Cantos, Madrid, researchers at the pharmaceutical giant GSK were frustrated. Meg Tirrell CNN

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It turned out that the mosquitoes harbored a bacteria that secreted a chemical that inhibits development of the parasites. That meant the team had to shut the colony down for the purposes of research into new malaria drugs — but it also led them to a new potential way to combat malaria.

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