The suit from 19 states and the District of Columbia contends that major restructuring has cut life-saving programs and put extra burden on states to pay for health crises.
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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Patients with COVID-19 had a 21% greater risk of heart attack, stroke, and death than people with cardiovascular disease without COVID-19 infection.
COVID-19 survivors may experience severe complications that predispose them to more worse outcomes after reinfection, the authors say.
The authors said COVID-19 infection can result in a "brainstem insult" that results in clusters of physical long-COVID symptoms.
The test joins other over-the-counter COVID-19/flu tests already available under emergency use authorization.
When compared to COVID test-negative participants, test-positive participants had a significant 3% increase in scores for fatigue.
Though KP.3.1.1 variant levels continue to rise, the proportion of XEC viruses is also trending upward.
CDC researchers found that adults 65 and older continue to hospitalized for COVID at much higher rates than other age groups, yet antivirals remain underused in this age group .
At 5 Massachusetts hospitals, prolonged antibiotic use was common during the first 33 months of the pandemic, despite low rates of proven bacterial infection.
Ensuring the availability of linguistically appropriate information about vaccine recommendations and safety may help address the disparities, the authors say.
