The sensitivity of RATs was 47%, compared with RT-PCR and 80% versus viral culture.
Study suggests medical masks may offer similar protecion as N95 respirators, but experts say hold on.
Public health professionals use some terms imprecisely, others incorrectly, and still others technically accurate but almost sure to be misunderstood by the public.
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Physicians with the largest proportion of unvaccinated patients were more likely to be male.
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Participants with long COVID had a 21% lower peak volume of oxygen consumption at baseline.
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