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Even one vaccinated member can cut family’s COVID risk
Study findings may be particularly welcome in regions of the world where vaccination rates are very low, according to investigators.
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No short-term death risk in elderly after COVID-19 vaccines
Early reports of deaths shortly after mRNA-based vaccination of very frail elderly patients in Norway prompted a nationwide safety study.
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Worried parents scramble to vaccinate kids despite FDA guidance
More than half of all parents with children under 12 say they plan to get their kids vaccinated, according to a Gallup poll.
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Exposure to marijuana smoke linked to increased risk of respiratory infections in children
Children exposed to secondhand marijuana smoke saw a 30% increase in viral respiratory infections, compared with those who were not exposed to...
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Summer campers spread COVID at home, follow-up finds
Transmission was more likely from some campers than others, according to a new report.
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FDA approves OTC antihistamine nasal spray
Nasal antihistamines “work quickly, whereas the nasal steroids don’t, and I think a lot of people who go to the drugstore looking for allergy...
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Back-to-school threat: Missed vaccinations in children, teens
“Health care providers should assess the vaccination status of all pediatric patients, including adolescents, and contact those who are behind...
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Third COVID-19 vaccine dose helped some transplant recipients
All of those with low titers before the third dose had high titers after receiving the extra shot, in case series.
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More evidence links COVID vaccines to rare cases of myocarditis in youth
The side effect seems to be more common in teen boys and young men than in older adults and women.
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Corticosteroid bursts may increase risk of sepsis, GI bleeding in children
Clinicians should save these treatments for when they are needed, doctors suggest.