HHS received a list of 100 ways it could better prepare for and respond to public health emergencies such as pandemics.
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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Risk factors for severe COVID varied by age, with BMI and underlying conditions more notable for younger adult patients and lab results more predictive for older people.
Using excess mortality data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers from Georgetown University found significant regional differences in mortality rates due to COVID-19, with a disproportionate number of virus deaths in Southern states.
Researchers detail new findings on long COVID risk, plus a promising role for occupational therapy to help cope with symptoms.
With deaths at the lowest point in about 2 years and cases declining, the WHO urged countries to keep a close eye on cases and virus changes.
Following the reappearance of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) Equateur province, the country today launched an rVSV-EBOV vaccine campaign, tapping an initial shipment of 200 doses, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today.
The roadmap "will provide a framework for the development of broadly protective coronavirus vaccines to ensure that we are prepared to respond" to future SARS-CoV-2 variants or other viruses with pandemic potential.
Also, federal officials are taking steps to make sure Pfizer's COVID-19 pill, Paxlovid, will be widely available across the US.
Israelis aged 60 and older given a fourth dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine amid the Omicron surge had a 64% lower risk of hospitalization and 78% lower risk of death than those who received three doses, suggests an observational study published yesterday in Nature Medicine.
Two thirds of family members restricted from visiting loved ones in the ICU had symptoms of PTSD 3 months later.
Data show a 36% to 68% lower risk of a COVID-19 hospital stay with Omicron.
