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Post-COVID Heart Problems Are Real, Despite Study Corrections

— Conclusions still stand, group says after fixing a raft of data errors by Crystal Phend, Senior Editor, MedPage Today August 25, 2020 Corrections to a study of lingering cardiac abnormalities after COVID-19 recovery, criticized for data analysis problems, didn’t alter the overall conclusions. The study from Germany had been flagged on Twitter for using inaccurate metrics […]

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CDC: COVID-19 Patients Should Delay Flu Shot

— But vaccine especially important for high-risk patients this year, agency says. by Molly Walker, Associate Editor, MedPage Today August 20, 2020 Patients with COVID-19 should delay getting their influenza vaccine, not because of any evidence about how the virus affects vaccination, but in order to ensure others in the healthcare setting […]