The 10 new flu-related deaths in children bring the season's total to 226, the most since 2009-10.
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 BA.2.86 sequence was from Virginia, and the patient had traveled from Japan and was asymptomatic.
Of the funding, $1 billion goes to 4 BARDA research partners to support phase 2b clinical trials of vaccine candidates.
A deep-learning model can evaluate chest x-rays to predict whether COVID-19 patients will need intensive care.
COVID-19 ICU admissions decreased for preschoolers, but the need for mechanical ventilation in hospitalized children that age remained steady.
The risk of excess death was highest on days 0 to 90 after infection and was elevated sixfold.
Only 35% of the 80 studied long-COVID signs and symptoms became nonsignificant 2 years after infection among hospitalized veterans.
While the exact cause of hypertension is unknown, it is possible that SARS-CoV-2 causes cardiac dysfunction and blood pressure dysregulation via the ACE2 receptors.
Officials say the rapid appearance in multiple countries in people without travel histories suggests established international spread.
Early during COVID-19, school closures were likely linked to a surge in mental health crises among 11- to 17-year-old adolescents.
The case incidence per 1 million person-days was 90 before the Delta variant, 304 during Delta, and more than 1,000 during Omicron.
