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People Living with Long Covid don’t want to be Forgotten as the World “gets back to normal”

More than two years into the pandemic, those living with "long COVID," medically known as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2, remain sick and forced to grapple with a "new normal." Even people who had a “mild” version of COVID-19 and weren’t hospitalized are still experiencing symptoms. It has remained a perplexing problem for the medical community — and an exasperating one for millions of Americans who are left in limbo, their […]

todayApril 11, 2022

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When can we gather with friends and family and travel after getting the COVID-19 vaccine?

The nation is inching closer to herd immunity almost two months into the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as more than 1 million Americans get vaccinated per day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a large portion of the population waits to get vaccinated and questions arise around asymptomatic spread, immunized Americans wonder: Is it safe to leave the house and live a pre-pandemic lifestyle? Not quite yet, experts […]

todayFebruary 18, 2021

Health & Wellness

Scientists May Have Actually Found the Cure for the Common Cold

Here’s some good news as we head into cold and flu season: Scientists may have found the cure for the common cold. “Our grandmas have always been asking us, ‘If you’re so smart, why haven’t you come up with a cure for the common cold?” one of the study’s co-authors, Jan Carette, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine, said in a statement. No offense to Grandma, […]

todaySeptember 25, 2019

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