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Survey study ties COVID-related family financial problems to child stress, worry
Pandemic-related family financial struggles were tied to increases of 205% in perceived stress and 112% in sadness.
Read more.4 COVID vaccine doses best prevent critical Omicron BA.5, even after BA.1/BA.2 infection
Protection of 4 doses of COVID vaccine against BA.5 infection among COVID-naïve participants was 16.1%, while it was 89.5% and
Read more.Venous blood clots rare among COVID-19 outpatients, study finds
Venous thromboembolism occurred in 292 of 398,530 patients (0.1%) over the follow-up period, for an overall rate of 0.26 per
Read more.Kids’ COVID symptoms—not rates of severe disease—evolved with variants
Fever and cough were more common with the Delta and Omicron variants, but rates of hospitalization and ICU admission stayed
Read more.Quick takes: Declassifying COVID-source intel, Cochrane mask review clarification, XBB.1.5 rise in US
US legislators vote to declassify info about SARS-CoV-2 origins, the Cochrane Review issues a clarification, and XBB.1.5 now makes up
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