Current vaccine strains show high neutralization against the latest variants, but the LP.8.1 antigen may provide similar or moderately higher cross-reactive antibody response.
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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Direct COVID-19 deaths may be more than double previous estimates, according to a report yesterday by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
The vaccines show either effectiveness or a strong immune response against variants of concern.
Modeling from the CDC predicts the US will see a sharp drop in infections and deaths in the coming weeks.
Also, mixed reactions swirled on the proposed IP vaccine waiver, and more Asian nations took steps to battle COVID-19.
Researchers estimate Canada's potential demand for tocilizumab, a potential COVID-19 drug.
The AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine is associated with some increases in bleeding and clotting events, according to a BMJ study yesterday, but experts say the benefits outweigh the risks.
"The extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures."
When polled a year ago, both groups markedly lowballed the pandemic's impact.
Nepal is recording 57 times more cases than at this time last month.
Less than 0.1% of all COVID-positive patients in the Intermountain Healthcare system had probable or possible recurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a PLOS One study yesterday.
