The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is investing $500 million in the universal vaccine project.
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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Researchers found a 43% drop in DR-TB case notifications in a South African province after COVID-19 lockdowns were implemented.
Two wastewater systems show high levels across most of the country.
In the entire cohort, 17,704 infants (5.2%) had a major congenital anomaly.
Rural children had longer travel times than their urban peers in all demographic subgroups and both vaccine age-groups.
A total of 15,700 death certificates listed COVID-19 as a contributing condition, and 3 of 4 recorded a COVID-19 complication or pre-existing condition as the cause.
The highest risk of developing long COVID was seen among patients infected with the original strain of the virus, when no vaccines were available.
Over 90% of COVID-19 survivors had no neutralizing antibody activity at 10 months, implying that they had lost protection from reinfection.
A lower risk of severe COVID-19 reinfection and hospitalization was seen with a longer time since dengue infection.
The effects were especially apparent among 16-year-olds, those with parents with lower educational attainment, and those with lower genetic susceptibility to depression.
Children with a vaccine-hesitant parent varied by vaccine: 56% for COVID, 31% for flu, 30% for HPV, and 12% for other childhood illnesses.
