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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While these associations were seen across all age-groups, they were more pronounced among older people.
Multiple sclerosis was associated with a 7-times-greater rate of COVID-19 hospitalization and quadruple the risk of death.
The new version offers longer shelf-life advantages and paves the way for a flu-COVID combo vaccine.
Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-related hospitalization was 38% in the 2 months after receipt of one dose and 34% at 2 to 4 months.
Of those who had long COVID, 61% had been hospitalized after contracting the virus.
The results suggest that waning SARS-CoV-2 immunity levels over time can lead to reinfections and a new pandemic wave, the authors say.
The clinical secondary attack rate for asymptomatic COVID-positive children was more than 10%.
The most common reasons given for forgone care were fear of contracting COVID-19 and difficulty securing an appointment.
Patients also had a significantly lower rate of early-stage cancer and a significantly higher rate of advanced tumors.
The pre-exposure treatment is indicated for adolescents and adults with moderate-to-severe immunocompromising conditions.
