The 10 new flu-related deaths in children bring the season's total to 226, the most since 2009-10.
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 move supports a recommendation from the Food and Drug Administration.
Among test users, nearly 1 in 4 said they wouldn't have tested if they didn't have the free tests.
A study shows how the COVID-19 pandemic revealed longstanding racial dynamics in prison sentencing.
Reports from UNICEF and the WHO highlight COVID-19's impact on the public perception and distribution of childhood vaccines.
Two thirds (65.3%) of preprints had spin in the conclusion section, compared with 41.3% in published preprint abstracts and 34.7% in published abstracts.
CDC's recommendations are similar to FDA's updates, and officials could finalize them as soon as today.
COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation are 16 times more likely than non-severely ill peers to experience ventricular tachycardia, data show.
Public health messages that focus on protecting others are more effective at increasing vaccination rates than messages focused on protecting oneself, new research finds.
The risk of new-onset diabetes was 17% higher in the COVID-19 group.
Symptom-based testing identified long COVID in 30% of hospitalized patients and 17% of outpatients, whereas diagnostic codes captured only 2.6% and 0.5% of those cases.
