The delay, narrowed approval, and extra study steps raise concerns about the status of and potential added requirements for other COVID vaccines.
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 more transmissible variant has led to increased cases in recent weeks in the South and West.
New data presented at the European Association of Urology congress this week show that men with low testosterone who were hospitalized for severe COVID-19 during the first wave of infections in Milan, Italy, were more likely to need intensive care and mechanical ventilation, and they had a sixfold increased risk of death.
The agency prevented 199 drug shortages in 2020, its annual report says.
Study finds that tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the risk of death and the need for mechanical ventilation.
A lottery-based incentive was not tied to increased vaccination rates in adults.
The federal government will shift to a smaller, community-based COVID vaccination effort.
Only 20 US state and District of Columbia COVID-19 vaccination plans included mention of a health equity committee, and only 8 specifically mentioned including minority group representatives, according to a JAMA Network Open research letter late last week.
"In those countries whose hospitals are filling up, they need vaccines and other health tools right now."
The Delta variant virus is causing cases to rise in some regions, but J&J says its vaccine is effective against it.
The pets usually have no or mild symptoms but in a few cases might have severe disease.
