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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Infections are up in two regions: the Western Pacific by 10% and Africa by 3%.
At 24 months, the severity of health impairment declined, with 10.4% reporting mild, 3.9% moderate, and 1.9% severe impairment.
Patients with persistent symptoms of brain impairment after mild to moderate COVID-19 had elevated levels of a protein indicating inflammation.
Cats can become infected with COVID-19 through contact with other infected animals or contaminated surroundings, the data show.
Now that many Americans have experienced COVID-19 infections, questions about the medium-term prognosis of organ donation remain to be answered.
The risk of infection was similar for mothers who had newborns room-in with them at the hospital, and among newborns who went to a nursery following birth.
Readmission within 30 days was less common after admission to community than VHA hospitals.
Prepandemic sleep patterns, sleep duration, insomnia, and daytime dysfunction were tied to risk of long COVID after adjusting for age, race, and ethnicity.
About 25% of 750 survey respondents met the criteria for alcohol misuse, with 5% classified as binge drinkers.
First Nations people, who are at high risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes, had robust immune responses to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
