The combined vaccine elicited higher immune response against SARS-CoV-2.
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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Separate reports detail shortages of rheumatoid disease treatments and of drugs in France.
A PLOS One study yesterday showed that behavioral responses to the pandemic differ by age and change over time, with older people more likely to practice pandemic-mitigating behaviors—hygiene, quarantining, and physical distancing—and all age-groups demonstrating greater likelihood of engaging in risky behavior over time.
The 7-day average of daily US cases is 108,694, a 37% increase from the week before.
A study yesterday found that employment-related exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, endangers workers and their household members.
The death rate in less-crowded homes was less than half that of homes with shared bedrooms and bathrooms.
Also, preliminary phase 3 data on Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine candidate show 90% effectiveness.
Some people who were never infected with SARS-CoV-2 appear to have cross-reactive antibodies against it.
The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris transition website says it will immediately restore America's relationship with the World Health Organization.
In a Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (MMWR) study today, data from the Premier Healthcare Database showed that, of 106,543 patients who survived after being admitted for COVID-19 from March through July, 9,504 (8.9%) were readmitted to the same hospital within 2 months of discharge for any condition, infectious disease–related or not.
A University College London (UCL) and UCL Hospital study this week found that COVID-19–associated ischemic strokes—caused by an obstruction of blood vessels in the brain—are more severe and more likely to result in disability or death than non-COVID strokes are, and Asian people are especially hard-hit.
