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<乌鸦传媒>Cannabis Use Tied to Increased Risk of Severe COVID

Hospitalization risk 80% higher versus nonusers

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<乌鸦传媒>Prenatal Maternal Distress During Pandemic Tied to Newborn Brain Development

Study highlights the importance of assessing stress, mental health of pregnant women

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<乌鸦传媒>Lawmakers Sharply Question Experts About COVID's Origin

"Lab leak" versus natural origin in the spotlight at hearing

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<乌鸦传媒>Trump Cussed Out Fauci; Midwife Destroyed Vaccines; Ian McKellen Hospitalized

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Here's What Is Wrong With the National Academies' Long COVID Definition

Overly broad criteria won't help patients in the long run

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<乌鸦传媒>Prior COVID Infection May Protect Against Some Common Colds

Researcher suggests finding could be key to vaccines that protect against multiple viruses

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<乌鸦传媒>New Long COVID Definition Proposed by National Academies

Committee urges adoption, says it will aid in consistent diagnosis, documentation, and treatment

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<乌鸦传媒>Paxlovid Fails First Test in Long COVID

Trial had been stopped early for lack of efficacy

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<乌鸦传媒>Search for Missing Doctor; Energy Drinks and Sudden Death; Unusual Pandemic Cancers

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>North Carolina Lawmakers Add Health Exemption to Bill Limiting Masking

Senate passes bill, House to vote on Tuesday

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<乌鸦传媒>Paxlovid Trial Flops for COVID Pneumonia

Small study found no decrease in mortality among inpatients in three countries

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<乌鸦传媒>FDA Advisors Give a Hearty Thumbs Up to a COVID Vaccine Based on the JN.1 Strain

"Even with some variation, there's still reasonably good protection"

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<乌鸦传媒>Fauci Denies 'False Accusation' of COVID Origins Cover-Up

Republicans question his interactions with scientists who may have acted improperly

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<乌鸦传媒>FDA Panel to Consider Which COVID Strain to Target in an Updated Vaccine

The KP.2 subvariant is now dominant in the U.S., FDA staff says in a briefing document

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<乌鸦传媒>'Uncertainty' Isn't a Bad Word: U.S. Agencies Must Tighten Up H5N1 Communications

More effective and efficient public messaging is the need of the hour

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<乌鸦传媒>After Grilling an NIH Scientist Over COVID Emails, Congress Turns to Fauci

The former NIAID director set to appear before a House subcommittee next week

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Shot After Acute Coronary Syndrome Might Not Prevent Further Events

But lack of additional benefit doesn't undermine the main reason for vaccination

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<乌鸦传媒>Fauci's Private COVID Emails Requested; Death Penalty for Abortion? WHO's Cash Woes

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Shots Could Use Another Update, Study Suggests

Latest vaccines mostly kept up with circulating strains, but dipped against JN.1

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<乌鸦传媒>NIH Scandal Grows; Ancient Skull Shows Brain Surgery; Drugs in New York's Rivers

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Not All COVID Patients Benefit From JAK Inhibitor

Post-hoc analysis shows that body weight makes an important difference

<乌鸦传媒>Efforts to Draft an International Pandemic Treaty Falter

Countries unable to agree on how to respond to next global emergency

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<乌鸦传媒>Does COVID-19 Persist?

An unexpected idea gains traction and may provide clues about long COVID

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<乌鸦传媒>HHS Suspends Federal Funding for Group Tied to Wuhan Lab

EcoHealth Alliance widely faulted for allegedly conducting gain-of-function coronavirus research

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Still Deadlier Than the Flu -- But the Gap Is Narrowing

VA study finds 35% higher mortality rate in hospitalized patients

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<乌鸦传媒>Doctor Fined for Prescribing Ivermectin for COVID

Wei-Hsung Lin, MD, will have to pay $5,000 and take CME courses on managing COVID

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<乌鸦传媒>Low Risk for New-Onset Thyroid Diseases After mRNA Vaccines

But meta-analysis indicates incidence of autoimmune disorders highest after first dose

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<乌鸦传媒>Nations Struggle to Draft 'Pandemic Treaty' to Avoid Mistakes Made During COVID

Deep divisions remain, and there are virtually no consequences for countries that don't comply

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<乌鸦传媒>Thousands of Kids Prescribed 'Potentially Harmful' Drugs for Acute COVID

Arkansas and Oklahoma had highest HCQ, ivermectin prescription rates

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<乌鸦传媒>Doc Who Said COVID Vax Can Magnetize People Has License Reinstated

Sherri Tenpenny, DO, had her license suspended indefinitely last summer

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<乌鸦传媒>WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It.

The report "is a complete U-turn," according to one expert

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Drug Price Negotiation; Diagnostic Errors

Also in TTHealthWatch: neomycin for preventing respiratory viral infections

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<乌鸦传媒>Pregnancy-Related Deaths Have Fallen to Pre-Pandemic Levels, CDC Data Suggest

About 680 women died in 2023 during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, provisional data show

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<乌鸦传媒>NYC Doc Arrested in Protest; Ozzy Osbourne's Stem Cell Tx; Metformin and COVID

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Intervention Mostly Flops for Health Workers' Well-Being During the Pandemic

Younger workers did gain significant benefit from the peer-to-peer program

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<乌鸦传媒>House Members Grill Coronavirus Researcher on Involvement With Wuhan Lab

Peter Daszak, PhD, was also asked about gain-of-function research and lack of transparency

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<乌鸦传媒>Chinese Scientist Who First Published COVID Sequence Locked Out of Lab

Virologist stages protest: "I won't leave, I won't quit, I am pursuing science and the truth"

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<乌鸦传媒>Ground Beef Tested for H5N1; Wait Times for Docs at All-Time High; New COVID Variant

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Fauci to Testify; Doctor Survives Medical Plane Crash; Congressman Dies

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Vaccine Study Finds Small Signal of Seizure Risk in Young Kids

Data largely reassuring, but seizure finding requires further evaluation, experts say

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