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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Data from a large randomized controlled trial in the UK show a benefit from dexamethasone in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, but 2 more studies show no benefit for hydroxychloroquine.
Hospitals in Georgia and Arizona are looking to nearby states to take on patients.
Brazil tops 2 million cases and India 1 million as the UN appeals for aid for hard-hit countries.
Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to have evidence of severe COVID-19 disease on chest x-rays, according to a study yesterday in Radiology.
Experts acknowledge that reopening in the midst of COVID-19 will be difficult and require deep resources.
In a large US study, 35% of ICU patients died within 28 days of hospitalization.
Only Delaware and Maine reported declining cases in the past 2 weeks.
Hong Kong and Japan, which had contained the virus, are experiencing flare-ups and recorded record cases.
Officials have confirmed 4 more Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Equateur province Ebola outbreak, raising the number to 56 and passing the total of an outbreak that occurred in the same province in 2018.
"Vaccines can be delivered safely even during the pandemic."
