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Could gut fungi be linked to severe COVID? What to make of new research findings

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Many tiny organisms including bacteria, fungi and viruses normally live on our bodies, and even inside us. These are called the microbiome. The large number of these organisms living in the gastrointestinal tract are collectively known as the gut microbiome. Increasingly the gut microbiome is recognised as playing a large part in health and disease, particularly relating…

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U.S. CDC recommends broad use of updated COVID-19 vaccines

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Image used for representative purpose only. File | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director on Tuesday signed off on the use of the updated COVID-19 shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna in people aged 6 months and older, the agency said. The final recommendation from director Mandy Cohen paves the…

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U.S. approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall

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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to most…

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