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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About 23 million kids missed their basic vaccines in 2020.
Misinformation has led people to avoid effective approaches, causing avoidable illnesses and death, he says.
The drug was not tied to faster recovery, but the regimen might be why.
Yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine results from a phase 3 trial showed that a combination of bamlanivimab plus etesevimab monoclonal antibodies led to a lower incidence of COVID-19–related hospitalization and deaths.
A video tool increased patient knowledge, desire for more info, and mask acceptance.
The increases come as poll data show 1 in 4 young adults say they are not likely to get the vaccine.
Much of the increase in cases is led by the more transmissible Delta variant, which has now been detected in 111 nations.
Half of 399 hospitalized COVID-19 patients developed bacterial infections 48 or more hours after hospitalization, according to a PLOS One study yesterday. The bacterial superinfections were associated most strongly with lung disease, encephalopathy, mechanical ventilation, hospital stay of 8 or more days, and steroid treatment.
Two doses of the vaccine were safe and 78% effective in preventing infection in pregnant women.
The country is ordering oxygen supplies from other nations, enough for home treatment.
