The risk of long COVID was two to three times higher after the initial infection (14.8%) than after first (5.8%) or second (5.3%) reinfections.
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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As the pandemic has made hand sanitizer ubiquitous, perhaps it was inevitable that clinicians would report sanitizer-related eye injuries in children.
Twelve health departments said less than 32% of contacts were notified within 24 hours.
The ECDC raises the risk of spread of new variants to very high as the UK struggles with the B117 strain.
Biden says states will be reimbursed by FEMA if they use the National Guard for pandemic response.
Bamlanivimab paired with etesevimab was more effective than bamlanivimab alone.
Six of 11 deceased patients—all but one of whom had COVID-19—had SARS-CoV-2 RNA in their corneas, but live virus was not detected, according to a study published today in JAMA Ophthalmology.
"The severity of your disease doesn't seem to predict how you're going to respond down the road."
Biden is also sending Anthony Fauci, MD to speak at the WHO's executive board meeting.
A 1% increase in a county's income inequality is associated with a 3% rise in COVID-19 deaths.
The WHO says further investigation is under way into two new variants recently detected in Brazil.
