Current vaccine strains show high neutralization against the latest variants, but the LP.8.1 antigen may provide similar or moderately higher cross-reactive antibody response.
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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Long-COVID patients with dizziness on standing, mood changes, and musculoskeletal pain were the most likely to report unfavorable health.
The WHO's advisory group will also weigh in on COVID vaccine composition this month.
Of 4.4 million COVID-19 patients, 1.4% had new-onset diabetes, with 0.8% being type 2 and 0.02% type 1.
The suit from 19 states and the District of Columbia contends that major restructuring has cut life-saving programs and put extra burden on states to pay for health crises.
A prescription from an emergency department physician helped speed antiviral administration.
Women and those with severe olfactory dysfunction and/or nasal symptoms had a greater burden of the two measured conditions.
The pediatric deaths push the season total to 216, surpassing last season's total of 207.
Yet uptake of the vaccine was extremely low—less than 4% through November 2024.
The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is investing $500 million in the universal vaccine project.
With increasing time since diagnosis, only the severe infections continued to cause symptoms.
