Physical well-being returned after 3 months, but up to 20% of patients continued experiencing suboptimal overall health-related quality of life 1 year post-infection.
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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National Football League (NFL) games played with fans in the 2020 season, with mask mandates and physical distancing in place, had no effect on COVID-19 infections in the surrounding county, suggests a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Experts review 13 studies and advise on how to use pulse oximeters to signal when medical care is needed.
Moderna will seek emergency use authorization of a 2-dose primary series of its vaccine.
Cases are up 7% compared to the week before, but COVID-19 deaths declined.
A study yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection suggests that natural infection, but not immunity acquired from COVID-19 vaccinations, is linked to the development of long COVID-19, or symptoms that persist up to a year after acute infection.
One study finds a doubled risk of severe maternal outcomes and preterm birth, and the other details placenta damage that may cause miscarriage.
Asian countries that were hit later by Omicron surges are in different phases of their outbreaks.
A US study shows that white-tailed deer (WTD) inoculated with COVID-19–causing SARS-CoV-2 shed infectious virus for up to 5 days, resulting in efficient deer-to-deer transmission on day 3, findings the authors say highlight the potential for deer to become a reservoir for the virus.
In global news, China reports its first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year, and cases are rising in Europe.
One study predicts rising US cancer deaths, and another estimates the impact of cancer surgery delays.
