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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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Nearly all long-COVID patients at an Ohio health system reported moderate to severe fatigue, and about half said they had serious sleep disruptions, which were up to three times more common in Black participants, according to findings presented this week at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies' annual meeting.
The research abstract was published May 25 in an online supplement of Sleep.
Experts say the vaccine will likely provide meaningful protection against Omicron.
Screenings for breast cancer and cervical cancer fell 6% and 11%, respectively.
A study of 4,737 COVID-19 patients in Israel conducted during the Omicron surge concludes that Pfizer's antiviral drug Paxlovid roughly halves the risk of severe COVID-19 or death, according to findings published yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Over the study period, the proportion who were boosted rose from 49% to 85%.
Moms' vaccination provided infants 71% protection against Delta and 33% against Omicron.
Pfizer and BioNTech submitted an EUA request for their vaccine in kids 6 months to 4 years old.
Compared with reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing, dogs can detect COVID-19 infections via scent with high sensitivity (97%)—though lower specificity (91%)—even when patients are asymptomatic, according to a study in PLOS One yesterday.
Too-high pulse oximetry readings led clinicians to believe patients weren't ill enough for certain therapies.
Though falling or holding steady elsewhere, COVID cases are still increasing in the Americas region.
