The risk of long COVID was two to three times higher after the initial infection (14.8%) than after first (5.8%) or second (5.3%) reinfections.
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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Also, an expert warns about hospital oxygen shortages and Novavax reports good phase 3 vaccine data.
Patients are arriving at hospitals sicker, leading some to suspect a deadlier variant.
The findings suggest many patients recover very slowly after hospital release.
Despite more supply chain initiatives, they are heavily focused in certain markets.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 had a case-fatality rate 13.6 times higher than similarly aged people with COVID, according to a study published this week in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
The new plans come as more Americans are open to being immunized and amid signs of stabilizing cases.
"In-person schooling for children has numerous health and societal benefits," the authors of a new study say.
COVID-19 patients diagnosed as having schizophrenia spectrum disorder—but not those with mood or anxiety disorders—were linked to an increased risk of death, according to an observational cohort study published today in JAMA Psychiatry.
In other developments, 70 countries have now detected the B117 variant, and more nations have also reported the 501Y.V2 and P.1 variants.
In other developments, Belgium, the Philippines, and Brazil see signs of B117 variant spread, and the WHO updates its clinical guidance.
