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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The agency prevented 199 drug shortages in 2020, its annual report says.
Study finds that tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the risk of death and the need for mechanical ventilation.
A lottery-based incentive was not tied to increased vaccination rates in adults.
The federal government will shift to a smaller, community-based COVID vaccination effort.
Only 20 US state and District of Columbia COVID-19 vaccination plans included mention of a health equity committee, and only 8 specifically mentioned including minority group representatives, according to a JAMA Network Open research letter late last week.
"In those countries whose hospitals are filling up, they need vaccines and other health tools right now."
The Delta variant virus is causing cases to rise in some regions, but J&J says its vaccine is effective against it.
The pets usually have no or mild symptoms but in a few cases might have severe disease.
A history of pain in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients—the disease's most common complication—is associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes in children and adults, according to a Blood Advances study yesterday. SCD-related organ comorbidities were also related to worse COVID-19 outcomes in children.
Vaccinated people have a milder, shorter illness and lower viral loads, study finds.
