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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Two-dose COVID vaccine effectiveness (VE) was 49%, 26%, and 7% for children, teens, and young adults, respectively, but 3-dose VE against death was 65%.
HHS launches the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, and the State Department launches the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy.
In summer 2020, 11% had moderate to severe depression, but the rate rose to 22% by spring 2021.
Of children with chronic conditions hospitalized with COVID-19, 8.6% required pediatric intensive care unit admission, versus 0.9% in those without them.
The trials launching are part of four platforms, which target viral persistence, neurologic symptoms, sleep problems, and autonomic system issues.
The hospital in the study also mandates yearly flu vaccination, with 95.5% coverage.
Hospitalizations rose last week for the first time since January, with a few counties in three states now at moderate levels.
Australian researchers developed a model that predicted hospitalizations, which could give facilities 1 to 4 weeks to prepare for influxes.
Of 235 biomarkers studied, only higher levels of kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) were associated with lower odds of COVID-19 hospitalization.
Adoption of wastewater surveillance to inform public policy is not widespread, in part because of problems interpreting results.
