The percentage of US adults reporting high confidence in the CDC fell from 82% in February 2020 to 56% in June 2022.
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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Also, new CDC data show that vaccines offer protection against the Omicron variant.
"The instructions ... weren't clear about what you should do if your test was negative."
The agency also calls attention to the burden that COVID-19 medical waste is putting on healthcare systems and suggests solutions.
Two studies yesterday in Nature show that the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines provide robust cellular protection against serious illness caused by the highly transmissible Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant, despite evidence of waning neutralizing antibody protection against the virus.
Pre-Omicron data show 93% protection against COVID-19 and 98% protection against severe COVID-19.
The secondary attack rate was shown higher in Denmark for BA.2 than the original Omicron—39% vs 29%.
People with disabilities had 36% longer COVID-19 hospital stays and 77% more readmissions.
Significantly fewer adult Medicare beneficiaries with schizophrenia or bipolar 1 disorders had mental health-related outpatient, emergency department (ED), and hospital visits, as well as fills for antipsychotics and mood-stabilizing drugs in the first 8 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
One study finds that 2 vaccinated parents are better than 1 at protecting kids.
Also, people are concerned about the impact of Omicron on the economy and on hospitals.
