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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Indicators continue to decline, with the 7-day average for new daily cases down 9.2% from a week ago.
Visitors were estimated to contribute over 60% of the SARS-CoV-2 load to Las Vegas Strip sewers.
COVID-19 survivors with persistent symptoms are at more than double the risk of new-onset cardiovascular symptoms, suggests a meta-analysis.
US celebrity Twitter posts—especially those from politicians and news anchors—likely influenced the increasingly negative US public attitudes toward efforts to combat COVID-19.
Two recent papers claim there are no differences between surgical masks and respirators for preventing the spread of respiratory diseases like COVID-19 and flu, but the articles are deeply flawed.
As proportions of recombinant Omicron subvariants rise, especially XBB.1.5, the WHO urged countries to step up surveillance and sequencing.
South Dakota, Tennessee, and Maine were the only states to score "very easy" or "fairly easy" in readability.
Nearly half of the newborns (46%) stayed in the same room as their mothers, a practice that rose from 23% in March to June 2020 to 74% in January to March 2021.
People who have long COVID and experience anxiety and depression following a mild infection may have brain changes that affect its structure and function.
The median time to sustained recovery was 11 days in both the ivermectin and placebo group.
