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Why is COVID-19 more severe in some people? Researchers use genetics, data science to find out Why do some people have a more severe course of COVID-19 disease than others? A genome sequence database created by an international collaboration of researchers, including many from the University of ... Tyler Irving Medical Xpress

Why do some people have a more severe course of COVID-19 disease than others? A genome sequence database created by an international collaboration of researchers, including many from the University of Toronto and partner hospitals, may hold the answers to this question—and many more.

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The New Vaccines and You: Americans Better Armed Than Ever Against the Winter Blechs - KFF Health News Flu, covid, and respiratory viruses kill thousands of Americans each year, but the latest batch of vaccines could save lives. khnkit KFF Health News

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Study: Paxlovid cuts hospitalization, death only in at-risk COVID patients with weak immune systems seb_ra / iStock CIDRAP

...in JAMA Network Open, an observational Canadian study ties the antiviral drug combo nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) to a lower risk of hospitalization or death only in very high-risk COVID-19 patients with weakened immune systems.

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