An open letter signed by dozens of medical and public health organizations urges payers and insurers to continue covering COVID vaccines for pregnant patients.
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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Previous studies have shown COVID-19 primary vaccination is safe in pregnancy and not associated with an increased risk for miscarriage.
Clots were seen in multiple arteries in close to 30% of patients with COVID-19 at the time of their heart attack, but in less than 5% of heart-attack patients who did not have COVID-19.
Diabetes patients may have an impaired immune response to vaccination against COVID-19 and experience worse outcomes.
Among 136 Americans who reported receiving an incentive to get vaccinated against COVID-19, 64% said they would have done so anyway.
A review of 27 studies reveals that dogs have more than 80% sensitivity and more than 90% specificity for detecting COVID-19 in people through scent.
Seventy-two percent of respondents say the benefits of MMR vaccines are very high or high, and 64% say the risk of side effects is very low or low.
Transplant patients who receive a heart from a COVID-19–infected donor may be at greater risk for death, with the risk doubled at 1 year.
The WHO's outside experts saw a need for better protection against XBB lineages and had several reasons for dropping the ancestral strain.
COVID-19 patients had a longer hospital stay and a 69% higher mortality rate than ICU patients with influenza.
The percentages of misclassified vaccination status using linked IIS and claims data were lower than those using data from the CDC, state health departments, and a capture-recapture analysis.
