The gap between the diseases we fear and the actual dangers we face is significant. This Halloween, CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm outlines the public health threats that worry him most.
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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Study shows that that the median interval between two infections was 229 days, and reinfection counts were higher during the Omicron era.
The COVID-19 emergency committee will meet on May 4 to assess if the situation still warrants a public health emergency of international concern.
Emergency department visits were highest among patients whose doctors offered only in-person care and lowest among those of physicians who provided 81% to 99% of their care remotely.
Despite rising proportions of two new subvariants, US COVID markers continue to fall.
Vaccine effectiveness against mechanical ventilation and in-hospital death was 62% among all adults and 69% among those aged 65 years and older.
The risk of symptomatic COVID-19 was 14.7% in the BCG group and 12.3% in the placebo group during the first 6 months of the trial.
The initiative in Texas was associated with reduced staff burnout during COVID-19 without increased healthcare-associated infections.
The head of the WHO said 1 in 10 people who contract COVID experience long COVID, and he urged countries to plan for longer-term care.
Brains may have compensated for their deficits by reorganizing networks to maintain performance.
Data show that regular exercise was linked to COVID-19 infection early in the pandemic but also associated with a significantly lower risk of developing severe symptoms.
