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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Medical supply chain disruptions "have the potential to seriously compromise patient care."
Fully 61% of guards and 36% of healthcare staff at California prisons were not vaccinated as of Jun 30, 2021.
More than a third of new mothers early in the COVID-19 pandemic had symptoms of postpartum (after-birth) depression—nearly triple pre-pandemic levels—and one in five had major depressive symptoms, with symptoms for both disorders higher in women who fed their babies formula, according to a study yesterday in BMC Research Notes.
In the US, COVID-19 measures continue to decline as scientists assess if an additional booster is needed.
The study involved 101 US federal prisons and their surrounding counties from May 2020 through January 2021.
Late last week in Emerging Infectious Diseases, South Korean researchers reported that average time from exposure to COVID-19 diagnosis was 3.7 days in quarantined close contacts of patients infected by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and that 99.1% of diagnoses occurred by day 10, supporting a 10-day quarantine.
The global COVID death toll is closer to 18.2 million through 2021, with wide regional variations, data indicate.
A large North Carolina study finds no elevated risk in kids and teens who have asthma.
In the US, a new study on Pfizer vaccine effectiveness in kids shows solid 2-dose COVID-19 protection.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said COVID-19 vaccine uptake among children 5 to 11 years old in the United States remained low during the first 11 weeks of vaccine eligibility, especially in high social vulnerability index (SVI) areas. The research was published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
