The leaders asked lawmakers for oversight hearings and to restore funding for critical public health programs.
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 reminders didn't lead to differences in COVID-related clinical outcomes, however.
A total of 9% of placebo recipients contracted COVID-19 from a household member, compared with 3% of ensitrelvir recipients, for a 67% risk reduction.
22 studies featured patients who had been hospitalized for COVID-19.
Nine percent of people who described themselves as permanently sick or disabled had long COVID.
Lower risks for vaccinated participants were also seen when restricting the analyses to the pre-Omicron and Omicron periods, sex, age, or previous infection.
From 2021 to 2023, 23% of participants developed long-COVID symptoms, with 56% of those infected in 2021 reporting symptoms for 2 years.
German researchers say the answer may be in virus-reactive memory T cells, which are triggered by COVID infection.
If the pandemic hadn't occurred, over half of the person-years of life lost would likely have been lived without disability, the authors say.
No changes were found in physical health and well-being scores among kindergartners before and during the pandemic.
But they had lower rates of critical care admission.
