The delay, narrowed approval, and extra study steps raise concerns about the status of and potential added requirements for other COVID 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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Black men saw a 91% drop in prostatectomies; rates for White men dropped 17%.
Patients with a history of COVID-19 were more likely to have side effects after their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine than those who were never infected, according to a Vaccine study yesterday.
Also, ACIP continues to recommend the J&J COVID vaccine despite concerns over Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Two doses of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine were 80% effective against the Delta COVID-19 variant.
Multiple groups call for addressing major global vaccine inequality issues.
Children and teens spread COVID-19 to household adults after returning home from a sleep-away camp in June 2020, according to correspondence published in the New England Journal of Medicine yesterday.
About 1 million have been orphaned, and 1.1 million lost a primary caregiver.
Nations seeing large jumps in cases include Botswana, Vietnam, the US, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the UK.
Hispanics saw the largest drop in life expectancy—3 years.
A study yesterday in the Journal of School Health finds that while 39 elementary and high school students in a Virginia public school district rode school buses while infected with SARS-CoV-2, investigators found no evidence of viral transmission to other students or adults.
