Emphasizing shared clinical decision-making with providers, the CDC now says healthy children ages 6 to 17 "may" receive COVID vaccination if a parent or guardian wants it.
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 use of complementary respiratory virus tracking tools in schools, including air sampling, may help detect outbreaks.
Further delays would have cost even more lives, the researchers say.
Overall, total mortality increased 77% in 2020 relative to 2019.
Occupancy decreased for surgical patients when COVID-19 admissions increased, as many surgeries were put on hold.
After infection, anxiety scores were significantly higher, while depressive distress scores were significantly lower.
Pediatric hospital bed occupancy is approaching levels seen last year due to multiple respiratory illnesses.
More than a third of young adults were found to have anxiety or depression during the pandemic, and economic and social uncertainty may have played a role.
No serious adverse events were reported during the prone-position procedure.
Districts can begin ordering tests from the government in early December.
The estimated prevalence of chest pain and abnormal heart rhythms was 10% and 8%, respectively.
