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 findings come as CDC advisers prepare to meet next week about the composition of upcoming COVID vaccines.
In healthy children with no comorbidities, the absolute risk of critical disease from COVID-19 was 4%.
Breast cancer screening tanked and then rebounded in the first pandemic months, while cancer treatment disruptions varied by race, age, and wave.
Pregnant women had an incidence of PASC of 25.5% compared to 33.9% non-pregnant women.
The risk of developing post-acute respiratory conditions was highest in the first 3 months after COVID-19 infection but was still elevated after 6 months.
In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 was the top cause of death for the region of the Americas.
The FLiRT variants are fueling new COVID-19 waves in some countries, but so far US markers don't show major upticks.
The decline in care quality may have been due to staff shortages, a lack of personal protective equipment, and visitor policies that limited family support, the authors say.
Of the vaccinated patients, 97% had 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
The health ministry said two JN.1 variants, KP.1 and KP.2, make up more than two-thirds of Singapore's COVID cases.
