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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A second study shows how hard Omicron has hit kids, especially the unvaccinated.
A steady drop in US cases includes a substantial decline in children's infections, but in parts of Eastern Europe, cases have doubled in the past 2 weeks.
A large proportion of US COVID-19 patients were left with thousands of dollars of hospital bills after many health insurers stopped issuing cost-sharing waivers in early 2021, finds a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
Signs of vagus nerve dysfunction in long COVID patients include difficulty breathing and problems swallowing.
New daily cases fell 42% in the past week, deaths fell 6%, and hospitalizations fell 19%, while Americans are split on mask mandates.
Isolation beds at public hospitals have reached 90% capacity in Hong Kong, with 2,000 new cases reported.
People who received a different brand of COVID-19 vaccine booster than they did in the primary series had lower rates of infection than those who received the same brand, according to a study in Singapore published late last week in JAMA.
Patients may not know about the drugs or don't want them.
Also, protection against serious Omicron illness drops by 4 months after a third dose but is still high, new data show.
Rural counties with low COVID-19 vaccination rates had 2.4 times the risk of infection.
