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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A history of pain in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients—the disease's most common complication—is associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes in children and adults, according to a Blood Advances study yesterday. SCD-related organ comorbidities were also related to worse COVID-19 outcomes in children.
Vaccinated people have a milder, shorter illness and lower viral loads, study finds.
Cases in Africa rose 25% last week and are doubling every 3 weeks, and infections rose 10% in Europe.
Communities with vaccination uptake of 30% or lower will be hardest hit by the Delta variant, CDC director says.
COVID-19 transmission was most commonly identified in households early on in the pandemic, but interviews also show an association with healthcare settings, according to a study yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
JAMA Cardiology reports describe cases shortly after Pfizer, Moderna shots.
Both cases and deaths in Africa rise sharply—cases by 33% and deaths by 42%.
Black, American Indian, and Hispanic women were disproportionately affected by the declines in screening.
A new meta-analysis of 58 studies shows obese men are not at increased risk of death from COVID-19 when admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), but those with a history of smoking, diabetes, or kidney disease were at increased risk.
The study, published yesterday in Anaesthesia, contradicts other published findings that have linked male sex and obesity to worse COVID-19 outcomes.
Southern, Western states and areas with low vaccination rates saw the greatest COVID increases.
