Overall, 57% of participants had evidence on PET/MRI of inflammation affecting the heart or lungs.
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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Health officials in St. Louis are calling for Lake of the Ozarks partygoers to quarantine for 14 days.
Low oxygen levels at hospital admission and signs of inflammation were the strongest predictors of serious COVID-19 illness and death in a prospective cohort study published late last week in BMJ.
The community infection rate dropped 58% after the orders were issued.
Also, hospitals in India and Chile are reaching their limits.
The data show the antiviral drug cut recovery time from 15 to 11 days.
Experts say activity isn't under control in 24 states.
The largest study to date on the use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine finds no benefit, but a higher risk of serious heart complications.
Researchers find that the vaccine was tolerable and immune-producing 28 days after vaccination.
Telemedicine can be a boon to clinics with large pandemic-related revenue hits.
Two studies show that rapid coronavirus testing helped contain outbreaks in long-term care facilities.
