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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India's cases are at the highest level in 6 months, as the US experiences a politically charged unwinding of its COVID health emergencies.
Nearly two-thirds of patients hospitalized with flu, RSV, or COVID-19 received antibiotics, but they had a higher risk of death than those who didn't.
Though COVID deaths drove part of the widening gap, other factors such as unintentional injuries involving opioids and alcohol also played a role.
For the first time, the recommendations factor in cost-effectiveness for vaccinating those at lower risk, partly due to concerns about maintaining coverage of crucial routine vaccines such as measles.
Recently approved for emergency use, the first combo at-home test for COVID-19 also marks the first self-test for flu.
The latest evidence suggests clinical expertise, rather than a fixed time interval, should guide decisions on proceeding with surgery in recovered COVID patients.
The most common symptoms on day 10 were shortness of breath (38.7%), cough (31.8%), insomnia (31.5%), and fatigue (29.3%).
Using several public datapoints, the group looked for trends including any that might signal tradeoffs between COVID burden and economic and educational outcomes.
Survey results also revealed that women who had been sick with COVID were more likely to report heavy bleeding, missed periods, and spotting.
Frequent staff testing had the biggest impact in the prevaccine months, but still made a difference through the Omicron wave.
