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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A study published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that long COVID is uncommon in children and teens and that risk factors include severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, younger age, and complex underlying chronic diseases.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines long COVID as continuous, relapsing, or new symptoms or conditions persisting at least 1 month after the initial infection.
In related developments, the FDA OKs emergency use of the Novavax vaccine for teens.
The average for all variants was 6.6 days, but it ranged from 5.0 for Alpha to 3.4 for Omicron.
Nonhospitalized, high-risk, vaccinated COVID-19 patients who received nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (NMV-r, or Paxlovid) saw a 45% drop in their relative risk of emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalization, and death by 30 days, suggests a study published late last week in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Rates of "brain fog," dementia, psychotic disorders, and epilepsy or seizures remained elevated.
A study of California public transportation workers published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) shows public transportation workers have higher rates of both COVID-19 incidence and mortality compared to other industries.
A secondary analysis finds that metformin may hold some promise.
A related study in South Korea shows waning vaccine effectiveness in teens.
A new study offers a complex picture of COVID-19 incidence among the US homeless population and illustrates the difficulty of tracking disease spread among this population. The study was published today in JAMA Network Open and found the incidence of the disease lower than among the general population.
The lack of awareness "likely had a role in rapid transmission," the authors note.
