Kennedy's rationale is based on a series of inaccuracies and part of a pattern of misrepresentation.
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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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it's working with Abbott Laboratories to address potential false-negative results provided by the company's rapid coronavirus test.
France and Spain learn that relatively few people have been exposed to the virus.
The federal pandemic response has grown increasingly divided and political.
Italian clinicians report 10 cases in about a month, a 30-fold increase.
Two of 15 dogs who shared homes with humans infected with COVID-19 in Hong Kong were also infected, according to a study published today in Nature, and a separate study details experimental infections of cats.
Brazil reports 881 new COVID-19 deaths, its highest daily fatality count.
Mathematical modeling explores several scenarios, including a resurgence as late as 2024.
However, two thirds of US adults say it will not be safe for gatherings of 10 or more until midsummer.
In a study yesterday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), researchers describe a COVID-19 super-spreading event at a Washington state choir practice in March, which was attended by a symptomatic index patient and produced an attack rate of 53.3% to 86.7%.
Researchers says there's no question the novel virus originated in nature.
