Long-COVID patients with dizziness on standing, mood changes, and musculoskeletal pain were the most likely to report unfavorable health.
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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"If countries are serious about opening up, they must be serious about suppressing transmission and saving lives."
At least 26 states are seeing 7-day case increases of more than 5%.
US counties with large declines in cell phone activity at workplaces, transit stations, and stores and concomitant increases in home activity during COVID-19 lockdowns had lower rates of coronavirus infections 5, 10, and 15 days later, according to a study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.
In one study, 57% of patients got early antibiotics, but only 3.5% had a bacterial infection.
The first COVID-19 case has been detected in northern Syria's Al Hol refugee camp.
The claim comes despite the fact that no major vaccine candidate has completed clinical trials.
Scientists in New Delhi, India, report infections with worrisome multidrug-resistant Candida auris in 10 of 15 critically ill COVID-19 patients who also had candidemia over a span of several months, according to a report yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm, however, says the rapid test should not be used for diagnosis.
India has reported the world's highest daily total for about 3 weeks, but today its tally jumped by 75,000 cases.
One study finds that almost a quarter of pediatric patients had conjunctivitis, or pink eye.
