A prescription from an emergency department physician helped speed antiviral administration.
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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Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, which can be triggered by infection, causes severe fatigue for at least 6 months and can produce other symptoms.
The government report says severely ill patients, concerns about co-infection, and an overburdened healthcare workforce fueled a rise in AMR at US hospitals during the pandemic.
Myocardial involvement occurred in 690 of 1,140 participants (61%).
Participants who received at least 1 COVID-19 vaccine booster dose had a 30% lower risk of long-COVID symptoms than their unvaccinated peers.
Hospitalization rates are on an upward trend for all 3 viruses, with the highest levels for flu.
Eleven of the 15 deer tested positive for the virus in respiratory swab samples.
But flu vaccination wasn't tied to a reduction in key COVID-19 symptoms.
Eighty-seven percent of hospitalizations and 89% of resident deaths took place before widespread vaccination.
Flu hospitalizations are rising in all age-groups, with high or very high levels in 42 states.
The results demonstrate that the condition affects young people as well as old, the authors say.
