An open letter signed by dozens of medical and public health organizations urges payers and insurers to continue covering COVID vaccines for pregnant patients.
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 vaccine trial is starting against a backdrop of a vigorous US outbreak, in which three states outside the main hot spots reported record highs: Oklahoma, Missouri, and North Dakota.
Two German studies published today in JAMA Cardiology show abnormal heart imaging findings in recently recovered COVID-19 patients.
In a comparative analysis published late last week in Clinical Infectious Diseases, the antiviral drug remdesivir was linked to significantly greater recovery and a 62% lower death rate by day 14 versus standard treatment in hospitalized adults with severe COVID-19.
"We need to reopen the schools with the understanding the virus is still here," CDC Director Robert Redfield says.
In India, surging COVID-19 has led to remdesivir shortages, and the outbreak is expanding in Brazil.
A study yesterday in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health found no evidence of COVID-19 transmission between 120 babies born to mothers with COVID-19, even after 2 weeks of breastfeeding with appropriate hygiene precautions.
July continues to look like April for the US, just as pro baseball opens.
WHO head reiterates that political leadership and community engagement are the 2 key response pillars.
About 47% of US adults have an underlying condition strongly tied to severe COVID-19 illness.
A randomized controlled trial of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Brazil found that the use of hydroxychloroquine, with or without azithromycin, did not improve clinical status at 15 days compared with standard care, researchers reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
