In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin\xa0discusses the\xa0U.S. Food and Drug Administration approving Arexvy: the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine approved for use in the United State,\xa0association between SARS-CoV-2 and metagenomic content of samples from the Huanan Seafood Market,\xa0researchers disagree over how bad it is to be reinfected and whether COVID-19 can cause lasting changes to the immune system,\xa0virtual care and emergency department use during the COVID-19 pandemic among patients of family physicians in Canada,\xa0vaccination with BCG-Denmark did not result in a lower risk of COVID-19 among health care workers than placebo,\xa0NVX-CoV2373 vaccine efficacy against hospitalization,\xa0comparative effectiveness of the SARS-COV-2 vaccines during Delta dominance, assessment of gender-specific COVID-19 case fatality risk per malignant neoplasm type,\xa0clinical outcomes following treatment for COVID-19 with Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir and Molnupiravir among patients living in nursing homes,\xa0timing of intubation and ICU mortality in COVID-19 patients,\xa0real-life experience with Remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19 among older adults, and how\xa0long COVID brain fog and muscle pain are associated with longer time to clearance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from the upper respiratory tract during acute infection.
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