Overall, 57% of participants had evidence on PET/MRI of inflammation affecting the heart or lungs.
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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Trust in physicians and science was associated with not using the treatments.
The first phase of work focuses on an antibody that broadly protects against circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Overall, SARS-CoV-2–associated sepsis was present in 28.2% of patients admitted with SARS-CoV-2.
Wastewater tracking in the US also showed a downward trend, with a new global update showing a further increase in EG.5 proportion.
The researchers found SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in coronary atherosclerotic plaques in all patients—regardless of the extent of plaque buildup.
VE of maternal vaccination during pregnancy against COVID-19–related hospitalization was 35%.
Median SARS-CoV-2 viral loads, as measured by polymerase chain reaction cycle threshold and antigen concentrations, rose from symptom onset, peaking on the fourth or fifth day of symptoms.
However, most parents said they didn't intend to have their children vaccinated.
Authors compared symptoms among patients following confirmed COVID-19 to produce a list of 89 symptoms and the 30 most common symptoms.
An infectious disease (influenza and pneumonia) was last in the top 5 leading causes of death in 1970.
