Brenda Goodman

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CDC guidelines coming on long COVID

Author:: Brenda Goodman

Publish date: April 29, 2021

“I can’t overstate how serious this issue is for the health of our nation,” NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, sai...

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How some COVID-19 vaccines could cause rare blood clots

Author:: Brenda Goodman

Publish date: April 14, 2021

Six cases of a rare but serious event in patients who got the J&J vaccine are being reviewed.

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U.S. finally hits its stride with COVID-19 vaccination rollouts

Author:: Brenda Goodman

Publish date: April 9, 2021

In settings where large numbers of people are vaccinated, such as nursing homes, COVID-19 cases and deaths have p...

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Children likely the ‘leading edge’ in spread of COVID-19 variants

Author:: Brenda Goodman

Publish date: April 2, 2021

The increases in the Midwest and Northeast seem to be driven by greater circulation of more contagious variants, just as children and teens have re...

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COVID-19 variants now detected in more animals, may find hosts in mice

Author:: Brenda Goodman

Publish date: March 25, 2021

Veterinarians have documented infections of B.1.1.7 – the fast-spreading variant first found in the United Kingdo...

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Some with long COVID see relief after vaccination

Author:: Brenda Goodman

Publish date: March 17, 2021

People “tell me their brain fog has improved, their fatigue is gone, the fevers that wouldn’t resolve have now gone.”

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Could pollen be driving COVID-19 infections?

Author:: Brenda Goodman

Publish date: March 16, 2021

Some researchers think pollen may actually compete with viruses in our airways, helping to block them from infecting our cells.