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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A total of 33% of young kids and 39% of those 11 to 17 had high Problematic Media Use Measure scores.
More than half of high-risk SARS-CoV-2 Omicron inpatients or outpatients given the monoclonal antibody sotrovimab rapidly developed viral spike-protein mutations linked to treatment resistance, according to a study from the Netherlands published yesterday in JAMA.
Nursing homes in US states with COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers saw a 7 percentage-point increase in staff vaccine uptake over homes in non-mandate states during a 5-month period in 2021, with no worsening of worker shortages, finds a study published late last week in JAMA Health Forum.
The authors said it's not clear if reduced severity stemmed from vaccination or from Omicron characteristics.
Rebound has also been seen in untreated people and in those who took molnupiravir, and the bottom line is treatments cut severe outcomes.
COVID-19 patients who have a stroke are more than twice as likely to die than uninfected stroke patients and are often younger and healthier, finds research presented yesterday at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS's) 19th Annual Meeting in Toronto.
Vaccine contracts with both Moderna and Pfizer come ahead of booster dose campaigns expected to begin in September.
Though vaccine hesitancy plays a role, decreased access to vaccination sites may be another overlooked barrier, researchers suggest.
A systematic review and meta-analysis published yesterday in BMJ estimates that 5.6% of COVID-19 survivors may face long-lasting changes to their sense of smell or taste, adding to concerns about the overall burden of long COVID.
Of hospitalized COVID patients, 53% still had brain fog 13 months later.
