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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South Dakota, Tennessee, and Maine were the only states to score "very easy" or "fairly easy" in readability.
Nearly half of the newborns (46%) stayed in the same room as their mothers, a practice that rose from 23% in March to June 2020 to 74% in January to March 2021.
People who have long COVID and experience anxiety and depression following a mild infection may have brain changes that affect its structure and function.
The median time to sustained recovery was 11 days in both the ivermectin and placebo group.
The roadmap provides a detailed strategy to develop broadly protective vaccines—suitable for wide use—to tackle future COVID-19 variants and other worrisome coronaviruses.
A meta-analysis shows that protection from previous infection against symptomatic disease was high for the wild-type, Alpha, Beta, and Delta variants but much lower for Omicron BA.1.
COVID-19 vaccination is linked to fewer heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular issues among previously infected adults, suggests a US study.
Antibiotic receipt for COVID-19–related outpatient visits ranged from 4% in children 5 and under to 16% in adults ages 45 to 65.
After a moderate rise over the winter holidays, US COVID indicators are showing downward trends.
Also, the single available medical code for long COVID may not capture the wide variation in symptoms and severity.
