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COVID-19 Can Leave a Lasting Mark on the Brain—Especially for Older People

COVID-19 Can Leave a Lasting Mark on the Brain—Especially for Older People

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COVID-19 no longer poses the urgent public-health threat it once did. But recent research points to a good reason to keep the virus in mind: it could leave a lasting stamp on yours. Studies suggest that COVID-19 is associated with possibly long-lasting changes to the brain, potentially contributing to cognitive problems like brain fog, mental […]

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Are We Headed for Another Summer COVID-19 Wave?

Are We Headed for Another Summer COVID-19 Wave?

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Just in time for summer vacation season, COVID-19 seems to be creeping back in the U.S.  Nationally, the amount of SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater is still low, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but levels have been gradually increasing in recent weeks. COVID-19 hotspots have already emerged in parts of

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Why Do Infants Seem to Avoid Severe COVID-19?

Why Do Infants Seem to Avoid Severe COVID-19?

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With COVID-19 rates rising around the country, and an updated vaccine now available, researchers are still trying to understand how immunity to COVID-19 works, and the best ways to build and sustain it. One of the possibly richest areas of research might be infections among the very young, who tend to be spared from more

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Color announces layoffs as it rolls back COVID-19 testing

Color announces layoffs as it rolls back COVID-19 testing

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Population health technology company Color announced it had laid off workers as it pivots focus away from COVID-19 testing. According to posts by former employees on LinkedIn, the company cut 300 jobs. Color CEO Othman Laraki confirmed the layoffs in his own post, saying the company was downsizing its teams focused on COVID-19 testing given

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How COVID-19 Changes the Heart

How COVID-19 Changes the Heart

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While COVID-19’s effects on the lungs and respiratory system are well known, there is growing research suggesting that the virus is also affecting the heart, with potentially lasting effects. In a presentation at the annual meeting of the Biophysical Society, an international biophysics scientific group, Dr. Andrew Marks, chair of the department of physiology at

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