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The authors establish that text messages sent with an ownership frame, “your [vaccine] is ready for you,” were associated with higher vaccine uptake.

Three genome sequences identified 2 variants of concern: Alpha in a maned wolf and a fallow deer and Omicron in a western lowland gorilla. 

As flu test positivity crept upward, emergency department visits increased slightly among children and adolescents. 

Long COVID has been known to significantly diminish quality of life, increase disability, and result in economic loss in workdays lost to illness.

Vaccinated patients had shorter hospital stays for both illnesses.

The study was based on outcomes seen among essential workers with COVID-19 infection from June 2021 to September 2022.

Yet two public health experts argue that the First Amendment and other factors preclude such actions.

The algorithm was roughly 3% more accurate than the relevant diagnostic code and less biased toward certain populations, the authors say.

People reporting long-COVID symptoms had elevated levels of cytokines, which are proteins the body makes to fight inflammation.

The adverse event in the earlier clinical trial involved amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which wasn’t related to vaccination.