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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A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies involving COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine found that the antimalaria drug alone was not associated with reduced mortality in hospitalized patients, but when combined with the antibiotic azithromycin it was linked with significantly increased mortality, European researchers reported yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
"This is atypical of any language I've seen coming from the CDC."
Patients with metabolic syndrome had triple the risk of dying, one study showed.
It only took 2 days for the global total to rise from 23 million to 24 million cases, and deaths have now topped 820,000.
A new study by scientists in Massachusetts is highlighting the role that super-spreading events played in the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Belgian and Dutch scientists confirm reinfections after recovery.
About 442,000 US children have been infected so far, the AAP says.
Patients had symptoms—notably fatigue and shortness of breath—for a mean of 111 days after returning home.
Seemingly healthy people with COVID-19 can spread the disease to others as soon as 2 days after infection, an analysis of a coronavirus cluster traced to four live music clubs in Osaka, Japan, shows.
Feds tout a 35% increase in survival, but the absolute improvement is closer to 3%, according to Mayo data.
