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Tag: immune system

Young white boy looks at a counter full of medicines to treat congestion, fever and other symptoms
Posted inChildren's Health

Congestion, fever and vomit… oh my! Other viruses are back.

by Taylor Knopf March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

By Taylor Knopf As indoor mask mandates drop in some of North Carolina’s most populous counties and schools, other non-COVID viruses are likely to start cropping up.  We saw a similar trend in the summer of 2021. The U.S. saw a national spike in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as people got vaccinated and COVID restrictions […]

Shows a smiling woman sitting at the top of a cliff. Below her is a dramatic bend in a river at the bottom of a canyon.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Omicron variant Q&A with UNC virologist Lisa Gralinski

by Rose Hoban December 22, 2021December 27, 2021
an elderly woman with gray hair sits while receiving a COVID vaccine shot in her left arm
Posted inInfectious Disease

Q & A about booster shots with a Duke infectious disease expert

by Elizabeth Thompson November 11, 2021August 31, 2022
Shows the windowed wall of an ICU room containing a COVID patient. You can only see the patient's feet. This could be someone with a disability.
Posted inInfectious Disease

‘Breakthrough finding’ points to why certain COVID patients die

by Kaiser Health News November 15, 2020January 27, 2021
The view through an electron microscope shows the spikes that create the ‘corona’ effect on the virus wall.
Posted inChildren's Health

What we know about MIS-C, a rare but dangerous illness striking children weeks after they get COVID-19

by The Conversation September 13, 2020September 14, 2020
shows low level satellite photo of a dam feeding into a river, surrounded by trees, GenX
Posted inEnvironmental Health

New Data Could Change Health Goal for River Contaminant

by Editor November 20, 2018September 6, 2022

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