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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Scientists find 4 species of coronaviruses, including 2 novel ones, in UK bats, but experts say they pose little risk to people.
More than 1 million COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Hong Kong when Omicron swept through a largely immune-naïve population.
Long COVID was reported in 64% of patients at 1 year, but it wasn't tied to a history of tropical diseases, including dengue, malaria, and Zika.
The findings suggest COVID-19 does long-term damage to the male reproductive tract.
The reports shed little new light on the origins of the pandemic.
Twenty-six percent of patients with non-mild COVID-19 cases report frequent pain.
No transmission was detected when both the infected person and the household contact were vaccinated against COVID-19.
Globally, more than 1.2 million new cases and more than 7,100 deaths were reported in the past 28 days.
Excess mortality suggests that the true death toll of the pandemic is much larger than indicated by official COVID-19 deaths alone.
Vaccine effectiveness among nursing home residents up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines is 31.2%, study finds.
