Newly announced rules that limit the use of COVID vaccines suggest that federal officials are opposed to open discussion and transparency.
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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Among 91 COVID-19 pneumonia survivors in Austria, 54% had lung abnormalities on computed tomography (CT) imaging 1 year after symptom onset, suggests an observational study yesterday in Radiology.
The CDC also recommends an additional booster dose for at-risk groups.
Black patients had higher rates of hospital or ICU stay, ventilation, and death.
Results of a new survey of 436 Americans with long COVID reveal that the condition is significantly associated with poorer long-term health status, worse quality of life, and psychological distress. The results were published yesterday in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses.
Adult COVID-19 patients also infected with the flu are 4 times more likely to need mechanical ventilation and 2.4 times more likely to die.
Also, President Biden's FY 2023 budget includes $10.7 billion in discretionary funds for the CDC.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) modeling study used data from 59 US case investigation and contact tracing (CICT) programs to estimate that the programs prevented 1.11 to 1.36 million COVID-19 cases, and 27,000 to 34,000 hospitalizations over 60 days in winter 2020-21, well before the Delta and Omicron variant surges.
One study author calls the results reassuring and hopes they increase vaccine uptake.
Also, the elderly, Black Americans, and those with less education were less likely to use free at-home COVID-19 tests.
Areas seeing declines include Hong Kong, where cases are at their lowest level in a month.
