The 10 new flu-related deaths in children bring the season's total to 226, the most since 2009-10.
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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Neutralizing antibody levels peaked at 84% but remained around 70% for up to 13 months.
Public health professionals use some terms imprecisely, others incorrectly, and still others technically accurate but almost sure to be misunderstood by the public.
Two Omicron SARS-CoV-2 subvariants—BA.5 and BA.4.6—increased their predominance last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest update.
Nearly 72% of US clinicians working in safety-net clinics had mild to intense moral distress.
Children aged 4 to 14 years can accurately self-collect nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing after viewing simple instructions, suggests a study late last week in JAMA.
With 137 newly confirmed infections, cases on the Diamond Princess reach 355.
mRNA booster protection against severe COVID-19 was 87% and didn't wane for 6 months.
One study describes an increase in US hospital deaths during a surge, 1 notes a rise in the risk of dying at home, and 1 notes decreased hospital deaths in New York City.
The prevalence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in the United States declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, but inpatient mortality and treatment costs were higher, according to a paper published yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
The drugs reduced disease progression, hospitalization, and death in people 65 and older.
