The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is investing $500 million in the universal vaccine project.
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 "duckbill" N95 stopped 98% of the virus that causes COVID-19, the authors say.
The pandemic emergency classification represents a higher level of alarm that builds on existing IHR mechanisms.
Early oral antiviral drug administration was associated with a 23% reduction in long COVID overall.
Unflagged vaccine-skeptical content cut vaccination intent by 2.28 percentage points per user, versus −0.05 percentage points for flagged content.
Wastewater detections are up in the western region, which is also seeing a small rise in test positivity.
Chicago, after recording 64 measles cases and administering more than 30,000 vaccine doses, has passed 2 incubation periods with no new infections.
On average, COVID-19 was tied to 2 more days of sick time than influenza.
Protection against infection 4 weeks after vaccination was 52%, and against COVID-related hospital illness it was 67%.
"A brief, seemingly innocuous or benign encounter with the virus can still lead to health problems years later," one study author says.
The findings come as CDC advisers prepare to meet next week about the composition of upcoming COVID vaccines.
