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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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Public health professionals use some terms imprecisely, others incorrectly, and still others technically accurate but almost sure to be misunderstood by the public.
Two Omicron SARS-CoV-2 subvariants—BA.5 and BA.4.6—increased their predominance last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest update.
Nearly 72% of US clinicians working in safety-net clinics had mild to intense moral distress.
Children aged 4 to 14 years can accurately self-collect nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing after viewing simple instructions, suggests a study late last week in JAMA.
With 137 newly confirmed infections, cases on the Diamond Princess reach 355.
mRNA booster protection against severe COVID-19 was 87% and didn't wane for 6 months.
One study describes an increase in US hospital deaths during a surge, 1 notes a rise in the risk of dying at home, and 1 notes decreased hospital deaths in New York City.
The prevalence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in the United States declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, but inpatient mortality and treatment costs were higher, according to a paper published yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
The drugs reduced disease progression, hospitalization, and death in people 65 and older.
Central line-associated bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated events, and C difficile infections all increased.
