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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UN agencies warn of erosions on schooling in West Asia, as well as on employment and maternal health in Latin America.
Pregnant women who received at least one dose are not at higher risk.
Patients diagnosed as having metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) after COVID-19 lockdowns in France had significantly higher tumor burdens and died sooner than those diagnosed before the pandemic, shows a multicenter study yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
For the first time, children account for more than a quarter of new weekly COVID-19 cases.
Global COVID-19 cases and deaths remain at a high plateau, with the Americas as a hot spot region.
The variant spread faster and more efficiently than previous strains, even as adult immunizations rose.
The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines have a collective 91% vaccine efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 infection in Americans 16 years and older, according to a test-negative study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases today.
About 100,000 Americans are currently hospitalized because of COVID-19.
As global cases top 220 million, surges continue in Southeast Asia and Oceania.
Study reveals a small link between school closures and worse mental health, particularly in older and minority students.
