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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Also, the WHO says ivermectin should be used only to treat COVID-19 within clinical trials.
Racial and ethnic differences in intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine were comparable across both healthcare workers (HCWs) and the general public in the San Francisco Bay area this winter, according to survey results published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Experts say a jump from an intermediate animal carrier is the likeliest scenario.
"The failure to take this virus seriously is precisely what got us into this mess in the first place."
The UK and South Korea report fewer primary care, emergency visits, 3 studies say.
An analysis of neighborhood-level data in three US cities highlights the racial and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 positivity, incidence, and mortality, researchers reported today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
"We can win this by hanging in there a bit longer," medical adviser Anthony Fauci says.
Also, Brazilian researchers warned of a link between the P1 variant and higher death rates in younger adults.
Adults 20 to 49 years old may be sustaining the resurgence of COVID-19, according to a study published late last week in Science.
Antibodies from both recovered and vaccinated people neutralized the UK variant better than the South African one.
