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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For the first time in more than a month, daily US deaths top 1,000.
In the past day, the US, Brazil, and India reported more than 143,000 new cases combined.
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, US emergency department (ED) physicians said they were stressed by exposures to infected patients to the point that it impinged on their home lives and female ED doctors reported higher stress levels than their male counterparts, according to survey results published today in Academic Emergency Medicine.
The report highlights data inconsistencies and lack of federal leadership.
Health officials see no let-up in the surge of COVID-19 cases in the Americas.
Data show that at least 10 times more people were probably infected than previously reported.
Of the 3,334 consecutive patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at a New York City hospital, 553 (16%) had thrombosis (blood clots), according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA.
The vaccines prompt an immune response and appear to be safe.
The weekly average for new daily US cases climbs for the 41st day in a row.
The official COVID-19 death count from the pandemic in Italy is likely a significant undercount, according to a research letter published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.
