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 Department of Energy, with "low confidence," says SARS-CoV-2 may have come from a lab, and a controversial doctors groups touts ivermectin for the flu and RSV.
About half of long-COVID patients who were on sick leave at 4 months were still on sick leave at 2 years.
The authors conclude that some of the increased antibiotic prescribing may have been inappropriate.
Two years into the pandemic, US cancer screening rates still hadn't recovered to pre-crisis levels, putting millions at risk, new data reveal.
Indicators continue to decline, with the 7-day average for new daily cases down 9.2% from a week ago.
Visitors were estimated to contribute over 60% of the SARS-CoV-2 load to Las Vegas Strip sewers.
COVID-19 survivors with persistent symptoms are at more than double the risk of new-onset cardiovascular symptoms, suggests a meta-analysis.
US celebrity Twitter posts—especially those from politicians and news anchors—likely influenced the increasingly negative US public attitudes toward efforts to combat COVID-19.
Two recent papers claim there are no differences between surgical masks and respirators for preventing the spread of respiratory diseases like COVID-19 and flu, but the articles are deeply flawed.
As proportions of recombinant Omicron subvariants rise, especially XBB.1.5, the WHO urged countries to step up surveillance and sequencing.
