Kennedy's rationale is based on a series of inaccuracies and part of a pattern of misrepresentation.
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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The drop in cases has been slow in the Tokyo area, which will host the Olympics in late July.
In a new poll, 62% of US adults saying they've gotten at least one dose, up from 56% in April.
Hospitalization, hypoxemia, pneumonia, and other complications were found more in children who contracted COVID-19 than in those who had seasonal flu, according to a study today in Pediatrics.
In the US, overdose-related cardiac deaths rose 42%, and in Ontario, opioid deaths climbed 135%.
As vaccinations increase, COVID-19 cases continue to drop across the country.
Also, Japanese officials are mulling extending the state of emergency for much of the country.
A randomized controlled trial of two inactivated (vero cell) COVID-19 vaccines made in China finds a vaccine efficacy of 73% in one and 78% in the other, according to a study yesterday in JAMA.
The whole-virus inactivated vaccines were developed with strains of the virus taken from patients in Wuhan, China.
The experts ask for a review similar to a WHO assessment before the 2016 Games.
Data from Germany support COVID-19 superspreading theory.
Four of the five countries with the most cases last week were in the Americas.
