The suit from 19 states and the District of Columbia contends that major restructuring has cut life-saving programs and put extra burden on states to pay for health crises.
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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Data released today from a randomized controlled trial evaluating the use of hydroxychloroquine in hospitalized COVID-19 patients show that the antimalaria drug was not associated with reductions in 28-day mortality but was linked with increased time in the hospital and an increased risk of progressing to mechanical ventilation or death.
The vaccine generated an immune response and was generally well tolerated.
"The time to ensure that health and essential workers are adequately protected is now," the authors say.
Efforts are under way to use PAHO funds to help nations buy vaccine, and the group is advising them on trial participation.
The only reason to change guidelines is new data and new science, not politics, they say.
Some low- and middle-income countries could see deaths due to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria spike by as much as 10%, 20%, and 36%, respectively, over the next 5 years because of health service disruptions amid the COVID-19 pandemic and response, according to a modeling study published yesterday in The Lancet Global Health.
Los Angeles and San Diego say they will begin the 2020-21 school year online.
In both studies, patients receiving tocilizumab had about half the risk of dying.
With the global total about to top 13 million cases, the WHO warns countries to act.
A multicenter observational study published late last week in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health identified 78 cases of the pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome tied to COVID-19 in the United Kingdom from Apr 1 to May 10—at least 11 times more than expected.
