The study authors say antibiotic stewardship strategies are needed for patients who have nonsevere COVID-19 but are still sick enough to be admitted to the hospital.
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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Cases are rising in eastern states where BA.2 subvariant proportions are very high. Globally, COVID cases passed the 500 million mark today.
Approximately 2.4 out of every 1,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 developed myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle that typically follows viral infections, according to an international study published yesterday in the American Heart Association (AHA) journal Circulation.
When including possible myocarditis cases, the rate increases to 4.1 per 1,000 hospitalized patients.
Also, Philadelphia reinstates a mask mandate, the first major US city to do so.
Foreign-born essential workers were at almost quadruple the risk of hospitalization and ICU care.
Depression and loneliness have increased among older adults during the pandemic, prompting a need for more coordinated efforts to address the issue, according to a report on social isolation in older Canadians.
Those hit hardest: doctors, long-term care workers, aides, marginalized groups, and women with young kids.
An Omicron spike in Hong Kong with high mortality may be due to low vaccine uptake in older people.
A study today in Pediatrics suggests a test-to-stay (TTS) strategy, as opposed to quarantine, was a safe and effective tool for Massachusetts public schools for the 2021-22 school year, as it was associated with both limited COVID-19 transmission and increased in-person learning days for students.
The true number of African cases might be 98 times higher than official numbers.
Risk rose within 70 days for deep vein thrombosis and 110 days for pulmonary embolism.
