Physical well-being returned after 3 months, but up to 20% of patients continued experiencing suboptimal overall health-related quality of life 1 year post-infection.
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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Despite rising proportions of two new subvariants, US COVID markers continue to fall.
Vaccine effectiveness against mechanical ventilation and in-hospital death was 62% among all adults and 69% among those aged 65 years and older.
The risk of symptomatic COVID-19 was 14.7% in the BCG group and 12.3% in the placebo group during the first 6 months of the trial.
The initiative in Texas was associated with reduced staff burnout during COVID-19 without increased healthcare-associated infections.
The head of the WHO said 1 in 10 people who contract COVID experience long COVID, and he urged countries to plan for longer-term care.
Brains may have compensated for their deficits by reorganizing networks to maintain performance.
Data show that regular exercise was linked to COVID-19 infection early in the pandemic but also associated with a significantly lower risk of developing severe symptoms.
Vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant, the only strain identified through whole-genome sequencing, was 82.0%.
ICU patients reported more mobility problems, and at 12 months 20% of ICU patients had severe problems or were unable to perform their usual activities.
The proportion of residents who received benefits without a preceding 3-day hospitalization rose from 3% to 18% from 2020 to 2021.
