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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An official says the pause is needed to collect more data, especially on vaccine impact on severe disease.
"We are committed to wearing masks still for the 100 days of the presidency," CDC Director Walensky says.
A study today in Nature Medicine showed Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, the first vaccine approved in the United States for use against COVID-19, neutralized three variants of the virus, including the B117 strain first identified in the United Kingdom, and two new variants first confirmed in South Africa.
In light of the request, FDA advisors will meet on Feb 26 to weigh emergency use.
For men with COVID-19, the risk of dying from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest rose 4.5-fold.
The global number of people vaccinated has now eclipsed the number infected.
A randomized control trial shows that being exposed to misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine induced a decline in the intent to definitely get the COVID vaccine of 6.2 percentage points in the United Kingdom and 6.4 percentage points in the United States, according to a study today in Nature Human Behaviour.
Also, a UK group adds more evidence that the B117 variant is about a third deadlier.
Patients on long-term dialysis were also more than 5 times likelier to be infected.
States continue to struggle with how best to reach the elderly and minorities, groups at greater risk for severe COVID-19.
