Current vaccine strains show high neutralization against the latest variants, but the LP.8.1 antigen may provide similar or moderately higher cross-reactive antibody response.
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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In US counties with high COVID-19 case rates, nursing homes with low staff vaccine uptake saw more infections and deaths among residents than those with high staff vaccination rates, according to a research letter yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Also, the WHO says global COVID cases have plateaued for 2 straight weeks.
The companies say they believe 2 doses will still protect against severe disease.
Less intubation and mechanical ventilation was tied to the procedure, as were fewer deaths.
A study of 1,883 Canadian children and teens with newly diagnosed or atypical anorexia nervosa shows that rates of the disease rose 66%, and hospitalizations climbed 267%, per month during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As much as 2% of COVID-19 cases in Denmark might be caused by Omicron.
In addition to identifying an Omicron patient, health officials in Houston have confirmed the variant in wastewater.
Though the survey findings might not be surprising, the margin may be.
The stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic have been particularly detrimental for the mental health of Black adults, finds a new US study in the Journal of Gerontology.
Only 2 of more than 160 patients were admitted to the ICU, the hospital report says.
