The announcement comes just 2 days after Kennedy removed all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee.
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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At 2 years the most common manifestations were fatigue (14.4%) and rheumatologic (14.4%) and psychiatric (9.6%) symptoms.
Hospitalizations declined 47% and ICU admissions dropped 66% over the past 28 days.
As many as 92% of workers expressed psychological burden over possible infection during work, and many were concerned about infecting family members.
Lower rates of severe illness in the 4-dose versus the 3-dose group during Omicron suggest that the 4th dose conferred added protection.
Cannabis-related emergency department visits rose with COVID-19, with weekly visits higher in 2020, 2021, and 2022, compared to the same weeks in 2019.
Data reveal a 72% increase of youth in emergency departments with long onboarding times—waiting to be admitted for care.
The report is part of the GAO's series on the accountability and effectiveness of the federal government's $4.7 trillion pandemic response.
Overall, 28% of US kids had delayed or missed preventive care due to COVID-19.
Scientists record at least 109 spillover events from people and 39 instances of deer-to-deer transmission.
COVID vaccine ordering changes on August 3, the US destroys its last chemical weapons, and Mandy Cohen takes the CDC reins.
