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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Experts call for a move from a "fail and fix" approach to a "predict and prevent" paradigm.
The past week has seen nearly 60,000 US cases a day on average and 700 deaths.
And US officials might be missing almost 200,000 COVID-19 deaths.
A study yesterday in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology found that individuals with mild or no COVID-19 symptoms may be infectious for no more than about 10 days, while those with severe illness may be able to spread the virus for as long as 20 days. The infectious periods align with US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for isolation time.
Trust in institutions and leaders seems to affect how likely people will be to accept COVID-19 vaccination.
"The message is be prepared for a bad flu season on top of a bad COVID season," says Edward Belongia, MD.
A large observational study showed some promise, but 2 randomized clinical trials did not.
The CDC now recommends mask wearing on airplanes, trains, subways, buses, taxis, and other ride-share vehicles.
Racial and ethnic minority workers have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 in food manufacturing and agriculture workplaces, according to a study yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Demographics were not available for all 742 sites surveyed across 30 states, but for those that were, 83.2% of confirmed cases involved minorities even though they made up only 47.4% of all workers.
"The virus has shown that, when we let our guard down, it can surge back at breakneck speed and threaten hospitals and health systems."
