The combined vaccine elicited higher immune response against SARS-CoV-2.
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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Patients given the antiviral drug improved in 5 days, compared with 7 days in the control group.
Brazil's deaths crossed the 300,000 mark, the only country besides the United States to pass that number.
Today is Biden’s 65th day in office; his 100th will be on Apr 30.
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects cells in the mouth, according to a study published today in Nature Medicine. This could change perceptions on how the virus travels to the lungs or the digestive system as well as how it is transmitted from person to person, the researchers write.
The rise is led by cases in the Americas and Europe, with deaths leveling off after a 6-week drop.
The B117 variant accounted for most viruses in one Minnesota sampling.
Researchers describe infection rates in a real-world scenario amid a surge of infections.
Until COVID, TB was the world's top infectious cause of death, and the pandemic threatens to derail efforts to curtail it.
Remdesivir treatment of hospitalized patients with noncritical COVID-19 is associated with better clinical improvement, shorter recovery and hospital stays, and safety, according to a meta-analysis of five randomized clinical trials published today in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. No significant association was found in regards to mortality.
"Interdisciplinary cooperation is needed for comprehensive care of these patients."
