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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Some say they need to confer with health officials to weigh local transmission status and risks.
A crowdsourcing appeal for creative solutions for safely reopening the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill amid the COVID-19 pandemic in fall 2020 netted 82 submissions from 110 students, faculty, and staff, according to a qualitative study today in JAMA Network Open.
Scientists also detected binding and neutralizing antibodies in infant cord blood and in breast milk, which were somewhat reduced for variants.
In the UK, quickly rising B1617.2 cases in some areas have triggered surge testing and other actions.
"If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic."
Vaccinating with both Pfizer and AstraZeneca is linked with more systemic symptoms in older adults.
The world's second most populous country has only 2.8% of its population fully vaccinated.
The inaugural cohort of Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Activity Rehabilitation Program (CARP) for post–COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) were mostly women, younger, had few pre-existing comorbidities, and experienced milder forms of COVID-19, but only a third were able to return to full-time work.
A trial of the Pfizer vaccine in 2,260 young teens found only 1 serious side effect, a fever higher than 104°F.
The 8-month probe chronicled several failures that still fuel massive surges, with experts recommending a host of bold overhauls.
