The risk of long COVID was two to three times higher after the initial infection (14.8%) than after first (5.8%) or second (5.3%) reinfections.
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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Opening remarks at the UN today come ahead of tomorrow's US-led online global summit to rally more support for the response.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday sent a Health Alert Network notice to health providers warning that cases of measles and mumps have been detected in people recently evacuated from Afghanistan.
Follow-up tests of blood samples found reactions to the PEG component, findings that could be used to guide possible reformulation, the authors said.
The trial used a smaller Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine dose than the version used for older childen and adults.
The development comes as welcome news, given India's importance as a global vaccine supplier, especially to COVAX.
A rapidly growing Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak linked to an unknown food source has sickened 127 people, some of them part of restaurant clusters, from 25 states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a Sep 17 announcement.
Experts approve a third dose for emergency use, and only for the most vulnerable.
All FDA-approved vaccines, however, offer substantial protection against hospitalization.
Vaccine uptake among certified nursing assistants, who provide most direct care, is only 49%.
Since March 2020, children's body mass index (BMI) has increased at almost double its prepandemic rate, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
