The delay, narrowed approval, and extra study steps raise concerns about the status of and potential added requirements for other COVID vaccines.
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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MRI reveals lung damage in children who either had COVID-19 up to a year earlier or have long COVID.
One study reveals signs of autoimmune disease in 41% of blood samples 1 year after recovery.
A study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases demonstrates that previous Omicron BA.1 infection was the most protective factor against BA.2 infection (associated with a risk reduction of 72%) and gave greater protection than primary infection with pre-Omicron SARS-CoV-2 (38%) or three doses of an mRNA vaccine in people with no previous infection (46%).
"We are only beginning to understand the toll of the pandemic on HCW well-being."
After a 5-week drop, global COVID-19 cases stabilized last week, though deaths continued to decline, the WHO says.
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically worsened disparities in all-cause death rates for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN), Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander (NHOPI), and Black Americans and eroded mortality advantages for Asian and Hispanic groups, finds a study published yesterday in PNAS.
At a routine press briefing today, two White House officials fielded questions about President Joe Biden's recent off-the-cuff comment during a news program that the pandemic is over, while acknowledging that COVID is still a problem.
Healthcare workers in lower-paying roles, however, were more likely to face unemployment.
The comments prompted swift and sharp criticism among some public health experts.
"We think these principles can be applied to the next respiratory viral epidemic," a committee chair said of the SHEA statement.