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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"This has put Brazil in a permanent state of mourning and led to the near collapse of Brazil's health system."
About 43% of Republicans, 5% of Democrats, and 22% of Independents say no to the vaccine.
The P1 SARS-CoV-2 variant, which was first identified in Brazil, may be more than twice as transmissible as non-P.1 lineages, and it may lower protective immunity from non-P1 variants 21% to 46%, according to a study published yesterday in Science.
ACIP experts will gather more data and likely meet again in 7 to 10 days.
"Exercise is medicine that everyone should take—especially in this era of COVID-19."
PAHO's director says South America continues to be an epicenter but is not acting like it by easing mitigations steps.
Keeping middle seats vacant on air flights has the potential to cut transmission of virus particles by 57% when multiple passengers are infected and by 23% when a single passenger is infected, according to an aerosol dispersion study that included earlier data that modeled plane airflow.
"Right now I'd like to stress these events seem to be extremely rare," says Janet Woodcock, acting FDA commissioner.
Studies find that antibodies pass robustly from mothers to infants in breast milk.
Spikes continue in hot spots like Iran and Japan as the global death toll nears 3 million.
