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HealthDay Reports: US Coronavirus Cases Hit 2 Million as New Hotspots Surface

Men More Likely to Test Positive for SARS-CoV-2, Die From COVID-19

During their hospital course, more men than women experience pulmonary and extrapulmonary complications

HealthDay Reports: Only Half of Americans Say They'd Get a Coronavirus Vaccine — Survey

Either Trivalent Flu Vaccine Safe for Use in Seniors

Trivalent adjuvanted, trivalent high-dose inactivated influenza vaccines comparable for moderate-to-severe injection-site pain in adults 65 years and older

Operation Warp Speed Program Selects Five Companies Most Likely to Deliver a COVID-19 Vaccine

New York City May Run Out of COVID-19 Vaccines

Mayor asked the federal government to send more vaccine doses as soon as possible

Continuing Blood Pressure Meds Safe for Those With COVID-19

No difference in outcomes seen among hospitalized COVID-19 patients continuing, discontinuing renin-angiotensin system inhibitors

Routine COVID-19 Testing Improves Safety of Elective Surgery

BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen Test Has Lower Sensitivity Than RT-PCR

Sensitivity 64.2 and 35.8 percent for specimens from symptomatic and asymptomatic persons, with near 100 percent specificity

Routine Use of Antibiotics After Sinus Surgery Questioned

Small randomized trial shows similar infection rates, more diarrhea with antibiotic versus placebo after endoscopic sinus surgery

Early High-Titer Plasma Reduces Progression of COVID-19

IgG Level in Convalescent Plasma Affects COVID-19 Death Risk

Risk for death reduced with higher versus lower levels of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG, but only in patients not receiving mechanical ventilation

Los bebés amamantados quizá sean adolescentes mejor ajustados

COVID-19 Vaccine Likely Safe for Lactating Women

However, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine calls for lactating women to be included in trials

HealthDay Reports: A Study Shows China's Controls May Have Headed Off 700

Expert Panel Criticizes WHO, China for Pandemic Response

Panel finds there were 'lost opportunities' to establish basic public health measures early in the pandemic

HealthDay Reports: Most Americans

California First State With Over 3 Million COVID-19 Cases

Biden administration has said it will not be lifting restrictions on international travel