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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Protection of 4 doses of COVID vaccine against BA.5 infection among COVID-naïve participants was 16.1%, while it was 89.5% and 94.3% among those previously infected with BA.1 and BA.2, respectively.
Venous thromboembolism occurred in 292 of 398,530 patients (0.1%) over the follow-up period, for an overall rate of 0.26 per 100 person-years.
Fever and cough were more common with the Delta and Omicron variants, but rates of hospitalization and ICU admission stayed the same over time.
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Of 79 rats, 4 (5%) tested positive for COVID-19, and 13 (16.5%) tested positive for wild-type SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G or immunoglobulin M antibodies.
The 157 healthcare workers infected with the wild-type virus were 67% more likely than uninfected participants to report persistent symptoms.
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Female participants, however, saw some erosion of general mental health and increased anxiety and depression.
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Long-COVID patients were more likely to have reflux, peptic ulcers, pancreatitis, dyspepsia, gastritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and other GI conditions.
