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.
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Review of 31 studies finds fatigue, memory problems, and shortness of breath are most common.
A federal judge in Florida strikes down the CDC mask mandate for airline and other public transport.
"When prescription drugs are not affordable or accessible for any reason, consumers can experience lost work days, disease...
COVID-19 mRNA vaccine effectiveness (VE) against infection was 5% to 7% higher when the two primary doses were given at least 7 weeks rather than 3 to 5 weeks apart, according to an observational study of hospital and community healthcare workers (HCWs) in British Columbia published late last week in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Certain psychiatric disorders may predispose fully vaccinated COVID-19 survivors to reinfection.
In China, officials say they will help key industries resume operations in Shanghai.
Rates of upper airway infections (UAIs) such as croup and bacterial tracheitis among pediatric COVID-19 patients, though low, rose after the Omicron variant became dominant in December 2021, with more than one fifth of hospitalized children with both conditions developing severe illness, estimates a study today in JAMA Pediatrics.
In Shanghai, officials maintain no one has died from Omicron—an assertion being challenged.
Compared with a third dose, fourth-dose protection was 64% against severe disease and 76% against death.
In its first evaluation of COVID-19 exposures among US healthcare professionals (HCPs) over the first year of the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that most HCPs were likely infected at work rather than in the community.
