Overall, 57% of participants had evidence on PET/MRI of inflammation affecting the heart or lungs.
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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Two thirds (65.3%) of preprints had spin in the conclusion section, compared with 41.3% in published preprint abstracts and 34.7% in published abstracts.
CDC's recommendations are similar to FDA's updates, and officials could finalize them as soon as today.
COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation are 16 times more likely than non-severely ill peers to experience ventricular tachycardia, data show.
Public health messages that focus on protecting others are more effective at increasing vaccination rates than messages focused on protecting oneself, new research finds.
The risk of new-onset diabetes was 17% higher in the COVID-19 group.
Symptom-based testing identified long COVID in 30% of hospitalized patients and 17% of outpatients, whereas diagnostic codes captured only 2.6% and 0.5% of those cases.
The effect was not seen, however, in patients who did not require supplemental oxygen or noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation.
Both studies found the combinations were effective and safe, although the authors said the monoclonal antibody duo is unlikely to work against the Omicron variant.
The move is designed to shore up immunity in the most vulnerable groups, as federal officials look at vaccine composition changes and plan a fall vaccine push.
This is the first known study linking breathlessness and sleep disturbances, two common symptoms noted during and following COVID-19 infection.
