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COVID Smell Loss: 'Retraining' Mostly Flops in Trial

Thu, 2022-12-29 21:48 — FNUOvviyaa

COVID Smell Loss: 'Retraining' Mostly Flops in Trial Some patients did recover olfactory function with two-prong therapy, however Kate Kneisel medpagetoday

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Bimodal olfactory training with visual cues and the use of patient-preferred scents did not produce a clinically meaningful improvement in sense of smell among individuals with COVID-19–related olfactory loss, a 275-patient randomized trial showed.

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COVID's Lasting Consequences for Kids

Wed, 2022-12-28 22:16 — FNUOvviyaa

Opinion | COVID's Lasting Consequences for Kids Allergist Zachary Rubin, MD, details the post-COVID symptoms presenting at his clinic Emily Hutto medpagetoday

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In this video, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, sits down with allergist and immunologist Zachary Rubin, MD, of Oak Brook Allergists in Illinois, to discuss the lasting effects of COVID-19 on pediatric health.

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Epidemics That Weren't: How Countries Shut Down Recent Outbreaks

Tue, 2022-12-27 20:44 — FNUOvviyaa

Epidemics That Weren't: How Countries Shut Down Recent Outbreaks When Ebola swept through eastern Congo in 2018, it was a struggle to track cases. Dr. Billy Yumaine, a public health official, recalls steady flows of people moving back and forth across the border with Uganda while others hid sick family members in their homes because they feared the authorities. It took at least a week to get test results, and health officials had difficulty isolating sick people while they waited. It took two years for the country to bring that outbreak under control, and mor YahooNews

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Long COVID: What scientists have learned about the symptoms affecting millions around the world

Mon, 2022-12-26 17:19 — FNUOvviyaa

Long COVID: What scientists have learned about the symptoms affecting millions around the world A British historian, an Italian archaeologist and an American preschool teacher each helped bring long COVID into the public's consciousness. CBS News

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Lessons from COVID require tough questions

Mon, 2022-12-26 17:13 — FNUOvviyaa

Lessons from COVID require tough questions The government’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic was controversial and unprecedented, and it deserves thorough scrutiny. Welcome, then, is a new report published by a congressional committee that… stolliver The Hill

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US hits more than 100M COVID-19 cases. Experts say this is likely an undercount

Fri, 2022-12-23 22:00 — FNUOvviyaa

US hits more than 100M COVID-19 cases. Experts say this is likely an undercount On Thursday, the U.S. hit officially more than 100 million COVID-19 cases, but experts say this is likely an undercount of the true number of infections. ABC News ABC News

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"I think we know that a large majority of the population has already been infected with COVID," Brownstein said. "And so, this number only represents a fraction of all the cases. [The milestone] was very likely hit many months ago."

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Uganda gets Ebola vaccine doses for trial on Sudan strain

Thu, 2022-12-22 19:15 — FNUOvviyaa

Uganda gets Ebola vaccine doses for trial on Sudan strain KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s government says it has received more than 5,000 doses of Ebola vaccines for a clinical trial to assess their protection against the Sudan strain of the virus that caused an outbreak with over 50 deaths. AP NEWS

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This outbreak, the first in a decade of the less common Sudan strain, is a chance for clinical trials of the three vaccines donated by the U.S.-based Sabin Vaccine Institute, University of Oxford and Merck.

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India steps up Covid surveillance after China surge

Thu, 2022-12-22 18:53 — FNUOvviyaa

India steps up Covid surveillance after China surge The government has instructed states to ensure genome sequencing of all positive cases in the country. BBC News

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According to government data, the country reports roughly 1,200 Covid cases every week. Over 2.2 billion Covid vaccine doses have been administered so far.

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