Overall, 57% of participants had evidence on PET/MRI of inflammation affecting the heart or lungs.
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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Babies exposed to COVID in-utero had triple the risk, but it wasn't as high when moms were vaccinated.
At 90-days post-infection, 8% of vaccinated cases were still reporting symptoms, compared with 27% of unvaccinated cases.
Both sperm concentration and total sperm number were significantly lower 3 months after infections.
The six studies that examined all-cause death and the 13 on diabetes-related death showed consistent increases in both.
The findings could help inform real-time guidance, as ongoing scientific study continues.
Discordant findings on Paxlovid and long COVID illustrate why more trials are needed.
Non-exclusive licensing of the yeast strain by developers will allow others to develop effective, low-cost vaccines.
Wastewater estimates suggest that clinical cases underestimate the true burden by a factor of 2- to 19-fold.
Signs are encouraging, though activity sometimes rises again after the holiday period.
The protein changes suggest a significant alteration of the complement system, which results in the immune system remaining activated and inflamed.
