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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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Teleworking during COVID-19 generally had a positive impact on worker productivity and corporate bottom lines in some sectors.
Pooling of blood in the legs that causes them to turn blue may be yet another symptom of long COVID.
The only statistically significant difference at 1 year between the two groups was with extreme fatigue (3.5% of COVID-positive vs 6.8% -negative).
Patients with COVID-19 also saw a sixfold higher rate of in-hospital deaths.
Reported COVID deaths ticked upward for the first time in several weeks, though levels are still very low.
A literature review finds that athletes engaged in intensive activity are not at increased risk for heart complications following vaccination.
Long-COVID prevalence started declining last June, but the drop has stalled since January.
Remdesivir is an important option for patients who lack the COVID-19 treatment options available to non-immunocompromised patients.
Implementing recommended infection control measures and ensuring patients and staff members are up to date with COVID-19 vaccination are critical in dialysis settings, the authors said.
So far there's no association between upward hospitalization trends and rising EG.5 proportions.
