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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The policy change would apply to those at highest risk, including people older than 65 and those with weakened immune systems.
The risk of hospitalization or death by 28 days was 4.6% among the 2,571 mAb recipients, compared with 7.6% among the 5,135 matched control patients (risk ratio, 0.61).
Taking substantial sick leave may be a proxy for long COVID, offering another data point for measuring the burden of the complication.
Though illness levels are declining in much of the world, they are on the rise in some countries including India and a handful of Middle East countries.
The authors said a range of factors--biological, psychological, or social--might trigger and maintain long COVID symptoms.
The variants predate the use of the drugs, appeared independently in multiple world regions, and are capable of spreading.
Babies born to moms who had COVID had lower BMIs at first, but weight rose steeply through infancy, a possible harbinger of problems in later life.
India's cases are at the highest level in 6 months, as the US experiences a politically charged unwinding of its COVID health emergencies.
Nearly two-thirds of patients hospitalized with flu, RSV, or COVID-19 received antibiotics, but they had a higher risk of death than those who didn't.
Though COVID deaths drove part of the widening gap, other factors such as unintentional injuries involving opioids and alcohol also played a role.
