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1 in 6 COVID-19 patients develop long-term symptoms after initial infection, study finds

A total of 16.28% of patients with COVID-19 have developed postacute sequelae (PASC), or long-term symptoms that develop weeks or months after an infection. That is according to a May investigation ...

Scientists Say This Pill Could Prevent COVID-19—Here’s What You Need to Know

New research reveals a potentially effective COVID-19 pill is in the works. Here’s what infectious disease experts want you ...
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Heart-healthy habits may have prevented cases of severe COVID-19

Measures of ideal heart health including healthy levels of physical activity, BMI, BP and sleep were associated with lower ...
Politifact

Can I get an updated COVID-19 vaccine this year? Is it available yet? Will insurance cover it?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccines for anyone age 65 and older and any person 6 months and older who has at least one underlying health condition that increases ...

COVID-19 side effect shock: Why more Indians in their 30s are suddenly needing hip replacements

Doctors report rising hip replacements among young Indians post-COVID, linking steroid use and avascular necrosis to severe ...

Covid-19 cruise passengers recall painful memories amid hantavirus outbreak

The recent coverage of a cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is painfully familiar to cruisers who spent days and weeks trapped in their cabins at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2 ...

Jury finds N.J. man guilty of using phony documents to get over $2M in COVID relief loans, feds say

A jury found a Sussex County man guilty of fraudulently obtaining more than $2.1 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief loans ...

Hantavirus—How It’s Different From COVID-19 And The U.S. Response

Will Hantavirus cause the next pandemic? A public health expert explains why it is unlikely to result in a global pandemic, and discusses the U.S. response thus far ...

Gov. Healey tours upgraded Western Mass. Veteran’s home years after COVID-19 catastrophe

In the spring of 2020, the facility was considered an epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis. 84 veterans died that spring — ...

Bar owners’ COVID-19 shutdown lawsuit to get more clarity June 9

Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to keep North Carolina bars closed during the COVID-19 era could move forward after a June 9 ...
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ICE detainee died from COVID-19, autopsy shows

A 52-year-old immigrant detained at a California Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center died from COVID-19, ...