Public Health

New variants are poised to keep Covid-19 circulating at high levels throughout the summer | CNN Even as the US grapples with its most recent wave of Covid-19, new research suggests that variants on the horizon may keep case levels high. Brenda Goodman CNN

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These variants are gaining ground against BA.2, particularly in the central part of the country. Recent research suggests that they escape immunity created by vaccines and past infections.

Opinion | Long COVID in Older Adults: An Elusive Geriatric Syndrome We need to redefine the condition for better diagnosis and management Liron Sinvani, MD medpagetoday

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Issues like breathing difficulties, fatigue, high blood pressure, memory difficulties, mental health diagnoses (depression and anxiety), blood clotting, and kidney injury can now become a new, ongoing health battle -- possibly worse than the virus itself. Older Americans are once again left at high risk for potentially fatal complications...