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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The authors found that 37% of the COVID-positive group suffered quantitative olfactory dysfunction.
During the follow-up period, 9% of children in the lockdown cohort had at least 1 wheezing episode, compared with 15% in the historical cohort.
Depression, anxiety, eating disorders, personality disorders, suicide, and self-harm increased in certain groups.
Pre-existing sleep disturbances were tied to a 12% increased risk of COVID-19 infection and a 36% increased risk of long COVID.
The researcher also found leftover SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the gut as long as 2 years after infection.
COVID-19 vaccination may help protect children aged 5 and older against symptomatic asthma, a new study finds.
Delirium was tied to 32% greater functional disability and more than double the risk of worse cognitive symptoms in the 6 months after hospital release.
Nasal vaccines have the potential for reducing transmission and preventing milder illness.
Low-income adults were less likely to delay or forgo medical care during than before the pandemic.
The study was based on outcomes seen among women who received one or two mRNA COVID vaccine doses in the first trimester of pregnancy.
