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CDC OKs COVID Boosters for Nearly All Adults, Mixing Vaccines

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Oct. 21, 2021 — Millions of American adults are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine booster following Thursday’s approval from the CDC, which also gave the go ahead for mixing of vaccines for the first time. A panel of experts that advises the CDC weighed in earlier Thursday on who should get boosters after their … Read more

Even With Mild COVID, Obesity May Mean Worse Symptoms

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One expert not part of the study, Dr. Nicholas Kman, pointed out that even vaccinated patients can get a mild case of COVID-19. “We also know that when the immune system is compromised, like in severe obesity, we don’t mount as good a response to the vaccine,” said Kman, an emergency medicine physician at Ohio … Read more