Opinion
Why this round of COVID-19 feels worse
October 7, 2021
The national wave of resistance to vaccination is spurring an exodus from health care.
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Merck’s new COVID-19 pill: ‘Game changer’ or just one more tool?
October 7, 2021
“It’s not exactly a home run, like penicillin for strep throat ... but it is encouraging.”
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Former FDA chief Gottlieb expects Delta to be last big pandemic wave in U.S.
October 6, 2021
“It’s largely coursed its way through the U.S., and so maybe by Thanksgiving, on the back-end of that, we’ll start to see prevalence levels nationally decline in a more uniform scale.”
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Rapid COVID-19 tests increasingly scarce, pricey as demand from employers jumps
October 6, 2021
“Employer demand has gone crazy,” said Quidel Chief Executive Doug Bryant. “We won’t be able to meet all the requests that we’re having.”
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New York’s largest health care provider fires 1,400 unvaccinated employees
October 6, 2021
A few thousand Northwell employees got vaccinated as the deadline approached.
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Is AFib a stroke cause or innocent bystander? The debate continues
October 5, 2021
Many believe AFib is a risk marker for stroke, but new evidence suggests it may be a causal risk factor.
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Children and COVID: Decline of summer surge continues
October 5, 2021
Cumulative case count nears another milestone; new vaccinations drop again.
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Vaccine holdouts embrace COVID antibody treatment, mystifying doctors
October 5, 2021
“I think it’s irrational, quite frankly, if you have to boil it down to one word.”
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Post-op remote monitoring may help catch drug errors, ease pain
October 5, 2021
"Virtual care with RAM technologies that measured heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, oxygen saturation, and body weight allowed for a large absolute difference in identifying the drug errors."
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Pfizer COVID vaccine antibodies may disappear in 7 months, study says
October 4, 2021
“Our study shows vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine induces high levels of neutralizing antibodies against the original vaccine strain, but these levels drop by nearly 10-fold by 7 months.”