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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Global officials are assessing how the variant will affect the arc of the pandemic.
Heads of vaccine firms say they can quickly retool existing vaccines to address the variant if needed.
One study suggests the shots saved about 470,000 people 60 years and older in Europe.
During a meeting tomorrow at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), scientists will present data from the largest multi-institutional international study to date on brain complications of COVID-19 and share that 1 in 100 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 will likely develop complications of the central nervous system like stroke, hemorrhage, and other potentially fatal complications.
The US joins a growing list of nations that have banned flights from South Africa and related destinations.
Amid uncertainty about the meaning of the changes, intensive efforts are underway to gauge how the they might impact tests, treatments, and vaccine efficacy.
The researchers call some types of emotional distress experienced by healthcare workers "moral injury."
"While Europe is again the epicenter of the pandemic, no country or region is out of the woods."
The number of people flying in the US is double what it was for the same time last year.
SARS-CoV-2 antibody concentrations predict COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, with higher levels correlating with greater protection, according to an ongoing US phase 3 clinical trial yesterday in Science.
