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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Smoking, inactivity, and heavy drinking declined a bit, but obesity levels rose and fewer women received cervical cancer screening.
Nationally, death rates fell for Hispanic (−34.0%), Asian (−71.2%), and Black (−49.3%) adults between the wild-type and Delta waves.
The pandemic likely worsened depression for those already experiencing depressive symptoms, while triggering new symptoms in those who had never yet experienced a depressive episode.
A post hoc analysis of a randomized, controlled trial estimates that 2 doses are 100% effective against hospitalization by 95 days.
Study shows that that the median interval between two infections was 229 days, and reinfection counts were higher during the Omicron era.
The COVID-19 emergency committee will meet on May 4 to assess if the situation still warrants a public health emergency of international concern.
Emergency department visits were highest among patients whose doctors offered only in-person care and lowest among those of physicians who provided 81% to 99% of their care remotely.
Despite rising proportions of two new subvariants, US COVID markers continue to fall.
Vaccine effectiveness against mechanical ventilation and in-hospital death was 62% among all adults and 69% among those aged 65 years and older.
The risk of symptomatic COVID-19 was 14.7% in the BCG group and 12.3% in the placebo group during the first 6 months of the trial.
