A prescription from an emergency department physician helped speed antiviral administration.
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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Estimated effectiveness against intensive care unit admission was 73%.
More attention must be paid to the mechanisms linking telehealth and healthcare use to avoid inadvertently deepening disparities, the authors said.
The prescribing rate rose slightly over time, from 28% in 2022 to 35% in 2023.
A second study suggests that long-COVID fatigue is linked to changes to the mitochondria in muscle cells.
Currently, there aren't any authorized or approved pre-exposure treatments for COVID.
The researchers estimated that 42% of reported infections and 72% of total cases were asymptomatic.
Food insecurity among low-income US adults dropped by nearly 5% during the pandemic.
Relative to flu patients, those infected with Omicron BA.5 had higher rates of vasopressor use, renal replacement therapy, and in-hospital death.
Flu and COVID indicators continued upward trends, with different regions reporting the most intensive activity.
Most critically ill children were unvaccinated or hadn't completed their primary series.
