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This Medical News Q&A discusses research highlights from the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
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Antiviral Agents , COVID-19 Drug Treatment , HIV Infections , Post-Exposure Prophylaxis , Protease Inhibitors , Humans , Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use , Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use , COVID-19 , Goals , HIV Infections/prevention & control , HIV Infections/transmission , Opportunistic Infections , Protease Inhibitors/therapeutic use , Retroviridae , Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control , Post-Exposure Prophylaxis/methods , COVID-19 Drug Treatment/methods , Patient-Centered CareABSTRACT
This Medical News story examines the US Food and Drug Administration's proposed plans for an annual COVID-19 vaccination.
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COVID-19 Vaccines , COVID-19 , SARS-CoV-2 , Vaccination , Humans , COVID-19/prevention & control , COVID-19 Vaccines/genetics , COVID-19 Vaccines/immunology , SARS-CoV-2/genetics , SARS-CoV-2/immunology , Vaccination/standards , United States Food and Drug Administration , United StatesABSTRACT
This Medical News story discusses a study that found possible associations between postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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COVID-19 Vaccines , COVID-19 , Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome , SARS-CoV-2 , Humans , Cohort Studies , COVID-19/complications , COVID-19 Vaccines/adverse effects , Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome/etiology , Vaccination/adverse effectsABSTRACT
This Medical News feature examines the relatively newly identified fungus Candida auris, a hardy species that can resist treatment with antifungal agents, is highly contagious, and is associated with serious infections and significant mortality.
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Candida auris , Candidiasis , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Delivery of Health Care , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Candidiasis/diagnosis , Candidiasis/microbiology , Candidiasis/therapyABSTRACT
This Medical News article discusses whether swabbing both the nose and the throat might improve the sensitivity of rapid antigen COVID-19 tests.
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COVID-19 Testing , COVID-19 , Nose , Pharynx , SARS-CoV-2 , Specimen Handling , Humans , COVID-19/diagnosis , COVID-19/virology , Nose/virology , Pharynx/virology , SARS-CoV-2/isolation & purification , Sensitivity and Specificity , Specimen Handling/methods , COVID-19 Testing/instrumentation , COVID-19 Testing/methodsABSTRACT
This Medical News feature examines how the expiration of states' pandemic-related licensure waivers is limiting telemedicine services.
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This Medical News feature examines what the COVID-19 pandemic might look like this winter.
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Commerce , Stem Cell Transplantation , Commerce/economics , Commerce/legislation & jurisprudence , Commerce/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Licensure , Regenerative Medicine/legislation & jurisprudence , Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects , Stem Cell Transplantation/economics , Stem Cell Transplantation/legislation & jurisprudence , Stem Cell Transplantation/statistics & numerical data , United States , United States Food and Drug AdministrationABSTRACT
This Medical News feature discusses the challenges of predicting how severe flu season might be.