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There are 3 COVID vaccines that are FDA approved in the United States. Pfizer/BioNTech Moderna Johnson and Johnson A fourth vaccine – Novavax – is under review for emergency authorization from the FDA. An independent committee to the FDA voted in favor of the vaccine in July. The Novavax uses a different type of technology […]
LONG COVID, MENTAL HEALTH, AND GUT SYMPTOMS – HOW ARE THEY ARE LINKED? By Tara Troy, MD Check out this fascinating article about the incredibly complex connections between mental health, gut symptoms, and COVID-19 infection. In short, individuals who had pre-existing mental health issues were 16x more likely to have persistent gut and long […]
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the COVID-19 booster vaccination by Allison Lindstrom, NP As of 8/16/2021, the CDC published guidelines regarding booster vaccinations for immunocompromised individuals. This is incredibly important to us at CGH as a certain portion of our patient population is currently being treated with medications that suppress the immune system in order […]
TRAVELER’S DIARRHEA AND HOW TO PREVENT IT by Allison Lindstrom, NP As more people are getting vaccinated for COVID-19 and numbers continue to decrease, we have seen an influx of patients traveling nationally and internationally. TSA reports have noted that almost the same number of travelers are traveling now as they were in 2019. […]
