Over one-quarter of participants were admitted to an ICU, and nearly one-third needed mechanical ventilation or high-flow oxygen.
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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Without more data from China and further intelligence reports from governments, both zoonotic and lab-leak origin hypotheses remain on the table.
The percentage of US adults reporting high confidence in the CDC fell from 82% in February 2020 to 56% in June 2022.
Overall vaccine effectiveness was 29% against COVID-19–associated hospitalization.
ACIP's chair signaled that new work groups will take up 2 new topics: cumulative vaccine doses in children and impacts from established vaccines, including hepatitis B in infants.
The authors said the findings may help develop environmental risk alerts.
30.6% of ICU patients experienced CMV reactivation.
In an effort to combat misinformation, a group of volunteers have compiled a growing list of randomized controlled trials conducted for licensed vaccines.
Former ACIP members pushed back on claims of public mistrust and warned dismantling has critically weakened US vaccination programs.
The authors saw a greater reduction and more extended fluctuations in sleep duration among people reporting long COVID with sleep problems.
Among the participants in the present study, 972 developed acute kidney injury.
