FDA authorizes Novavax Covid vaccine, in hopes the traditional shot will convince holdouts The agency hopes the availability of a more traditional vaccine might help convince those skeptical of the Covid shots using new mRNA technology to get inoculated. Matthew Herper STAT

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Got COVID? Doctors warn powering through it — even from home — can worsen health toll

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As vaccines and new treatments have eased some of the alarm around a COVID-19 diagnosis, continuing to work — but from home — has become a familiar practice among professionals who can do their jobs remotely. ...

Physicians caution, however, that rest is an important part of weathering a COVID-19 infection. Plugging away from home is better than putting others at risk of getting infected, but it can still strain the immune system, worsening the toll of a COVID infection, experts say.

“Sleep equals immunity,” said Dr. Susan Cheng, a cardiologist, researcher and professor in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. As it fights off the virus, “you want to have your immune system not distracted by anything else,” including stress from work.

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Study on monkeypox outbreak shows differing symptoms All but 3 of 52  patients had lesions and rashes on their genitals or anal regions. CIDRAP

A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases found that the clinical profile in recent monkeypox cases is different than in past events, with fatigue and fever less common and genital skin lesions more likely.