Maternal death rates peaked in 2021 as COVID-19 climbed.
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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CDC wastewater tracking shows SARS-CoV-2 detections are now at the low level nationally.
The proportion of excess deaths exceeded the share of the population among American Indians or Alaska Natives, Blacks, and Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders.
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Patients with COVID-19 had a 21% greater risk of heart attack, stroke, and death than people with cardiovascular disease without COVID-19 infection.
COVID-19 survivors may experience severe complications that predispose them to more worse outcomes after reinfection, the authors say.
The authors said COVID-19 infection can result in a "brainstem insult" that results in clusters of physical long-COVID symptoms.
The test joins other over-the-counter COVID-19/flu tests already available under emergency use authorization.
When compared to COVID test-negative participants, test-positive participants had a significant 3% increase in scores for fatigue.
Though KP.3.1.1 variant levels continue to rise, the proportion of XEC viruses is also trending upward.
CDC researchers found that adults 65 and older continue to hospitalized for COVID at much higher rates than other age groups, yet antivirals remain underused in this age group .
