Overall vaccine effectiveness was 29% against COVID-19–associated hospitalization.
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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Protection from earlier pre Omicron infection was modest, but strong from earlier Omicron infection.
In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today that global COVID-19 cases declined 6% last week compared to the previous week, though the pace of activity increased in the European region, which experienced an 8% rise compared to the week before.
People living in states with more complex guidelines were less likely to correctly indicate their eligibility.
Vaccination was tied to a 12% lower risk of NICU care, 27% lower rate of stillbirth, and 54% lower odds of maternal COVID-19.
New statistics from Ohio and Florida published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) show that Republicans have suffered more COVID-related excess deaths than Democrats, adding to the literature that demonstrates the link between political party affiliation, vaccination uptake, and COVID-19 mortality.
Older people were more likely to report symptoms and have abnormal chest imaging and lung function.
The oral antiviral drug Paxlovid is safe and effective for treating COVID-19 and carries no additional risk of viral rebound beyond other treatments, according to a meta-analysis published late last week in the Journal of Infection.
In the past, increasing cases in Europe have come ahead of similar rises in other regions.
Inundated US hospitals held patients in places like hallways for a median of 6.6 hours.
Uganda's health ministry on Twitter today reported four more lab-confirmed Ebola Sudan cases, as well as one more death in a patient with a confirmed infection. The developments push the country's overall total to 54 cases, 35 of them confirmed and 19 listed as probable. The latest death brings Uganda's fatality count to 25, 7 in confirmed patients and 18 in people who had probable infections.
