A prescription from an emergency department physician helped speed antiviral administration.
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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Rural residence was associated with a 22% higher all-cause mortality.
Physicians with the largest proportion of unvaccinated patients were more likely to be male.
With the drop in flu activity gaining momentum, several parts of the US are now below their regional baselines.
Participants with long COVID had a 21% lower peak volume of oxygen consumption at baseline.
More policy work is needed to prevent future supply-chain disruptions and prioritize key drugs at the greatest risk for shortage, the authors say.
Patients in the neurologic cohort were more likely to die post-discharge compared to controls.
The antiviral drug likely has a gradient of benefit, with those at highest risk most likely to see the greatest benefit, experts say in an editorial.
The study took place at a school that serves vulnerable students in a setting where air quality improvements were made and then monitored.
Analysis of viral sequences uncovered 3 novel viral spike protein mutations.
By day 29 of the trial, 11.2% in the remdesivir group and 11.3% in the control group had an adverse cardiac event.
