The 10 new flu-related deaths in children bring the season's total to 226, the most since 2009-10.
Plaque growth can lead to a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life-threatening cardiovascular events for as long as 1 year.
Post-exertional malaise, or exercise intolerance, was seen in 36% of those with long COVID.
Get weekly COVD-19 updates in your inbox.
Catch the latest episode!
Top COVID FAQs
By CIDRAP & other experts
Read all 7 reports
Data suggest "boosters continued to provide protection against severe illness despite viral evolution."
The Americas house 13% of the world's people, but the region has seen 37% of global cases and 45% of deaths.
A report published yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases describes a new SARS-CoV-2 mutation that confers resistance to the COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir in two persistently infected kidney transplant recipients treated with immunosuppressive drugs.
Three doses of an mRNA vaccine were tied to a 59% lower odds of hospital care than 2 doses.
A new study based on COVID-19 patients in France shows high reinfection rates among people with different Omicron subvariants, including BA.1, BA.2, and BA.5. The study is published as a research letter in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
US experts are closely watching the developments to see how the next months might unfold.
"We may see a substantial increase in this disease in the coming months to years."
The risk of a range of neurologic conditions rose significantly in the year after COVID-19 infection among a group of US veterans—regardless of whether they had required hospitalization, according to a study published yesterday in Nature Medicine.
MRI reveals lung damage in children who either had COVID-19 up to a year earlier or have long COVID.
One study reveals signs of autoimmune disease in 41% of blood samples 1 year after recovery.
