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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Approximately 30% of the respondents said they believed COVID-19 vaccines were unsafe for someone who already had a previous COVID-19 infection.
From very low levels, markers were up slightly again as the EG.5 variant pushed ahead of XBB.1.16.
A study across 10 school districts in Massachusetts finds a secondary attack rate of around 3%.
The HIV researcher, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will replace Anthony Fauci, MD, who retired at the end of last year.
Official COVID-19 case counts are rising only in the Western Pacific region globally—mainly due to transmission in South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.
No waning of bivalent vaccine effectiveness against medical treatment was seen at 2 months in both previously infected and never-infected participants.
The test provided no false results, with accurate results obtained after 2 breaths for each participant.
The Moderna vaccine was also tied to a 14% lower risk of contracting COVID-19 in this age-group.
Diagnoses for stage 1 cancers saw the biggest change, with 50% to 60% reductions.
Twenty-seven metabolites were still dysregulated in long-COVID patients compared with controls after 2 years.
