A prescription from an emergency department physician helped speed antiviral administration.
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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Maternal death occurred more often in patients who had cardiac arrest, acute kidney injury, or intracranial hemorrhage (brain bleed).
The 2 heart conditions occurred within a week of vaccination in under 40 cases per million doses delivered in kids 5 to 17 years old.
Pre-infection COVID-19 vaccination was tied to a lower likelihood of persistent symptoms 45 days after infection.
The incidence of new-onset type 1 diabetes was almost double in kids diagnosed as having COVID-19.
The prevalence of eating disorders more than doubled among adolescent girls after the pandemic began.
Previous studies have shown COVID-19 primary vaccination is safe in pregnancy and not associated with an increased risk for miscarriage.
Clots were seen in multiple arteries in close to 30% of patients with COVID-19 at the time of their heart attack, but in less than 5% of heart-attack patients who did not have COVID-19.
Diabetes patients may have an impaired immune response to vaccination against COVID-19 and experience worse outcomes.
Among 136 Americans who reported receiving an incentive to get vaccinated against COVID-19, 64% said they would have done so anyway.
A review of 27 studies reveals that dogs have more than 80% sensitivity and more than 90% specificity for detecting COVID-19 in people through scent.
