Overall, 57% of participants had evidence on PET/MRI of inflammation affecting the heart or lungs.
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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Depression has tripled in all groups, but especially in those with money stressors.
Also, the Trump administration announces next steps for pulling out of the WHO, and Sanofi and GSK announce a new vaccine trial.
Joe Biden says if President Trump had responded early, US schools would be open safely by now.
Residents ventured out about 98% less in most counties in the 42 US states and territories that issued stay-at-home orders to contain SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
The WHO updates its guidance based on data from 3 trials and a meta-analysis.
Nearly 570,000 healthcare workers in the Americas have fallen ill with COVID, and more than 2,500 have died.
Iowa has replaced Texas, Florida, and Arizona as the nation's COVID-19 hot spot, with an almost 11% positive testing rate.
Healthcare workers, first responders, and adults with pre-existing conditions that put them at risk for severe symptoms of COVID-19 should be the initial recipients of the first approved vaccine in the United States, according to a framework from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) published yesterday. Today, NAM will hold a virtual public meeting on the recommendations.
AstraZeneca plans to test its vaccine in 30,000 healthy adults.
Ontario has an 84-week backlog of nonurgent surgeries delayed because of COVID-19.
