The risk of long COVID was two to three times higher after the initial infection (14.8%) than after first (5.8%) or second (5.3%) reinfections.
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 B117 variant has now been detected in 94 countries, with local transmission occurring in 47.
Almost one in five meat processing workers in Nebraska contracted COVID-19 from April to July 2020, but after facility-wide mitigations and strategies were put in place, new cases appeared to decrease, according to an Emerging Infectious Diseases report yesterday. The researchers found that men and Hispanic/Latinos showed the highest burden in case numbers and severity.
South Africa officials say they'll share AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine with other African nations.
Also, COVID-related cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children have reached 2,060.
COVID-19 patients in a Warsaw, Poland, hospital had a significantly lower mortality rate when treated with convalescent plasma, especially early, according to a study published yesterday in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
The in-hospital death rate early in the pandemic was 31% but declined significantly within months.
Demand surges in pharmacy and hospital prescriptions reflect early changes in COVID treatment.
"We now have all the pieces in place for the rapid distribution of vaccines."
About 1.7 million Americans get vaccinated each day, and states receive 11 million doses a week.
The changes could have been due to lower illness incidence, medical care avoidance, or unaddressed care needs.
