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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"Big numbers can make us numb. But each one of these deaths is a tragedy for families, communities, and nations."
With thousands of new places to get a vaccine, 9 of 10 Americans live within 5 miles of an immunization site.
Brain abnormalities could explain the confusion and delirium of severe COVID-19.
A study in an Atlanta school district revealed that the highest secondary COVID-19 attack rates were in indoor, high-contact sports settings (23.8%), staff meetings or lunches (18.2%), and elementary school classrooms (9.5%), and that staff were more susceptible to COVID-19 than students were.
In-hospital COVID death rates are declining, but the virus still poses substantial risk, including a doubled death rate in surgical patients.
Even countries that managed earlier outbreaks well face surges, and officials say they're tracking the variant fueling India's rise.
Slavitt said vaccination is still the main tool to end the pandemic, and he encouraged all Americans to get the vaccine next week, when eligibility expands.
UK researchers have uncovered the novel mechanism behind rare abnormal blood clotting seen in some AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine recipients, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Should studies show COVID-19 effectiveness, fluvoxamine's supply chain looks resilient, an expert says.
COVID-19 poses 8 to 10 times the risk of blood clots in the brain than do COVID vaccines, a preprint study finds.
