The announcement comes just 2 days after Kennedy removed all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee.
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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With flu and COVID levels still low but expected to rise, the CDC said vaccination is a good way to cut risk over the holiday season.
The greatest risk reductions in COVID-related and all-cause deaths were seen among women and hospitalized patients.
The cumulative incidence of depression was higher among those with migraine during fall 2020 (15%) than in those without (12%).
The authors establish that text messages sent with an ownership frame, "your [vaccine] is ready for you," were associated with higher vaccine uptake.
Three genome sequences identified 2 variants of concern: Alpha in a maned wolf and a fallow deer and Omicron in a western lowland gorilla.
As flu test positivity crept upward, emergency department visits increased slightly among children and adolescents.
Long COVID has been known to significantly diminish quality of life, increase disability, and result in economic loss in workdays lost to illness.
Vaccinated patients had shorter hospital stays for both illnesses.
The study was based on outcomes seen among essential workers with COVID-19 infection from June 2021 to September 2022.
Yet two public health experts argue that the First Amendment and other factors preclude such actions.
