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Older adults should get 2 doses of the updated COVID shot, CDC says

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines are available, and the CDC recommends that certain groups get two doses, spaced six months apart.

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Newfound autoimmune syndrome tied to COVID-19 can trigger deadly lung scarring

By Stephanie Pappas published

A surge in cases of a rare autoimmune disease during COVID-19 waves in England led to the discovery of a new syndrome.

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An older man stands in front of the National Covid Memorial Wall in London in the UK.

COVID pandemic knocked 1.6 years off global life expectancy, study finds

By Sascha Pare published

Global life expectancy had been on the rise since 1950, but this historical trend was reversed between 2019 and 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A young woman in a surgical mask sit in a doctor's office as a doctor cleans her arm for a vaccination

Vaccines slash risk of long COVID, studies show

By Shannon Hall published

Several new studies reveal that getting multiple COVID vaccine doses provides strong protection against lingering symptoms.

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Rare clotting effect of early COVID shots finally explained — what could that mean for future vaccines?

By Stephanie Pappas published

Scientists have offered a new explanation for why COVID-19 vaccines that contained adenoviruses carried a rare-but-serious risk of blood clotting.

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Can antiviral drugs prevent long COVID?

By Ziyad Al-Aly, Suman Majumdar, Emma Pakula, Michelle Scoullar, Brendan Crabb published

Experts explain what we know about preventing and treating long COVID, at this point.

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woman leans over a steaming pan on a stovetop and wafts its scent towards her face

Injection might help long COVID patients smell normally again

By Rebecca Sohn published

Early studies hint that a nerve block in the neck could help restore long COVID patients' normal sense of smell, but more research is needed.

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A syringe is filled with Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine by a woman in blue surgical gloves.

Who should get the new COVID vaccines? What to know about the 2023-2024 shots

By Nicoletta Lanese last updated

New COVID vaccines have been approved to guard against coronavirus variants that are currently circulating.

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Novavax's new COVID vaccine cleared for use by FDA

By Nicoletta Lanese published

An updated COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax has been authorized by the FDA, joining the two vaccines already cleared for use.

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Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel committee, stands next to a large projector screen displaying the names and photos of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman

Nobel Prize in medicine goes to scientists who paved the way for COVID-19 mRNA vaccines

By Ben Turner published

Katalin Karikó and Dr. Drew Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on mRNA vaccines.

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