Critics said today’s announcement is more evidence of the current administration’s willingness to undermine public trust in vaccines.
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 World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the release of the first global framework on the responsible use of life sciences, which addresses the accidental or deliberate misuse of biologic and other life sciences, including dual-use research.
A second study shows a 41% reduction in long COVID among vaccinated people.
Vaccinated people had 8 of the 10 most common long-COVID symptoms 50% to 80% less often.
US COVID cases are down 19%, hospitalizations have declined 10%, and deaths are down 28%
A systematic review and meta-analysis today in Vaccine finds no link between COVID-19 vaccines and infertility in men or women.
Researchers at a Rome hospital analyzed 29 studies from China, Israel, Italy, Russia, Turkey, Canada, and the United States until Jun 8, 2022. Of the studies, 13.8% were deemed of poor quality, 58.6% were of moderate quality, and 27.6% were of good quality.
Of 219 unvaccinated long-COVID patients, 64% had a persistently impaired sense of smell.
Compared with booster recipients, the rate was 10.5 times higher in unvaccinated adults and 2.5 times higher in vaccinated but not boosted adults.
COVID vaccine boosters or third doses after an initial two-dose series are well tolerated in pregnant and lactating women, according to a large cohort study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
The findings from 2 large clinical trials—one in the UK and one in Norway—discount the notion that vitamin D supplements protect against COVID-19 or other respiratory-tract infections.
Researchers in Taiwan have discovered a new mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.3.7 subvariant that they suggest may be responsible for severe neurologic complications observed in young children on the island. Their study was published yesterday in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
