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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Also, WHO airs concerns about COVID-19 spread amid interrupted vaccination efforts in Afghanistan.
China's CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine is tied to a slight increased risk of Bell's palsy, while the Fosun/BioNTech (Pfizer/BioNTech's parallel product in China) did not show a significantly increased risk, according to a study yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Both the researchers and a related commentary conclude that COVID-19 vaccines' benefits outweigh the risks.
For the first time since February, the US topped 900,000 cases in a week, and more kids are hospitalized than ever before.
Vaccination is key to protect adult household members, an editorial on the study notes.
US wildfires were associated with excess COVID-19 cases and deaths from mid-August to mid-October 2020, according to a study published late last week in Science Advances.
Also, two states with relatively high vaccination rates are seeing COVID-19 surges.
The authors say factors could include high patient numbers and underestimating airborne transmission.
Japan and Thailand report record daily cases, and South Korea says its fourth surge hasn't peaked yet.
COVID-19 transmission among households was three times more likely if the household had a high living density, according to a study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Higher living density is defined as having more than three household members but fewer than six rooms.
