Current vaccine strains show high neutralization against the latest variants, but the LP.8.1 antigen may provide similar or moderately higher cross-reactive antibody response.
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 vaccine is 66% effective in preventing moderate to severe symptoms.
Antibodies crossed the placenta in 87% of pregnant women who had COVID-19.
The report looks at medical supply chains, manufacturer transparency, financial aid, and more.
Some nations, like Germany, have raised concerns about efficacy in seniors.
An international survey of 183 pediatric patients with the rare but serious COVID-19–related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) shows broad clinical presentations, from mild illness featuring fever and inflammation to life-threatening shock similar to that of Kawasaki disease (KD).
Also, an expert warns about hospital oxygen shortages and Novavax reports good phase 3 vaccine data.
Patients are arriving at hospitals sicker, leading some to suspect a deadlier variant.
The findings suggest many patients recover very slowly after hospital release.
Despite more supply chain initiatives, they are heavily focused in certain markets.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 had a case-fatality rate 13.6 times higher than similarly aged people with COVID, according to a study published this week in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
