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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Answering questions about pregnancy and COVID-19

On Sept. 29, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory urging people who are pregnant, lactating or may become pregnant to get vaccinated for COVID-19. As of Oct. 2, only 33% of pregnant ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Q&A: What is long COVID?

In fall 2020, clinicians at Emory began treating a growing group of patients who had seemingly recovered from acute COVID-19 illness, but still suffered from lingering symptoms weeks or even months later. These patients, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Explaining COVID-19 breakthrough infections

The U.S. has now vaccinated more than 208 million people with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. More people are getting vaccinated, but transmission rates in communities are still high, with 94% of U.S. counties classified ...

Vaccination

The difference between COVID-19 'third doses' and 'boosters'

As hospitalizations surge nationwide due to unvaccinated patients with COVID-19, vaccines are a crucial tool to prevent severe disease and overwhelmed hospital systems. More than 378 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have ...

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