Current vaccine strains show high neutralization against the latest variants, but the LP.8.1 antigen may provide similar or moderately higher cross-reactive antibody response.
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 data underscore the importance of weighing all possible causes, including COVID-19.
Currently, at least 69% of adult US Pfizer vaccine recipients qualify for a booster dose.
Nations like Denmark and France are now seeing impacts and taking steps to curb the spread of COVID-19.
A coronavirus sharing 92.6% of nucleotide identity with SARS-CoV-2 was detected in bats in Cambodia in 2010, according to a new study in Nature Communications, adding to the understanding of natural reservoirs for the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The trajectory of the pandemic is in our hands. ... What happens now and into 2022 is up to us."
Also, tens of thousands of federal workers have requested vaccine exemptions on religious grounds.
Over half of adults diagnosed as having a rheumatologic disease reported persistent COVID-19 symptoms at least a month after recovery from their infection, according to survey results presented late last week at the virtual American College of Rheumatology annual meeting.
Hospital patients in poorer neighborhoods were 28% more likely to have major events like heart attacks and 37% more likely to die.
One study shows 85% protection against hospitalization.
In a trial, the oral drug Paxlovid reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 89%.
