The suit from 19 states and the District of Columbia contends that major restructuring has cut life-saving programs and put extra burden on states to pay for health crises.
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 agency approved of the single-strain mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for people aged 12 and older and granted emergency use authorization for those aged 6 months to 11 years.
Absenteeism rates were 10.6 percentage points higher among students learning from home in districts in the top quintile of poverty than those receiving face-to-face instruction.
Its benefits in reducing symptoms or severity are unclear, the authors say.
The team found a modest but statistically significant higher relative risk of having gestational diabetes in those who had COVID during pregnancy.
The index is a step toward a tool that could someday be used to identify long COVID in children but is not ready for clinical use, the authors say.
In a proof-of-concept study, researchers used the technique to characterize the bacterial pathogen population at an Italian hospital during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A second study found good protection against hospitalization--although uneven uptake--among pregnant women.
Students whose memories were more negative and contained more COVID-19 information fared worse over time.
An impaired sense of smell could serve as both a potential marker of virus-induced brain damage and a marker of patients susceptible to brain damage.
Wastewater levels are at the very high level nationally, but show downward trends in the South and Midwest.
