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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Though US numbers have fallen, the CDC head warns they are overall still very high.
Higher viral loads of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are associated with an increased risk of transmission, according to cohort study results from Catalonia, Spain, published yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases,
CARB-X announced today that it is awarding up to $6.4 million to French biopharmaceutical firm Mutabilis to develop a new class of antibiotics to treat infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) bacteria.
Also, vaccine doses sent to states will rise from 10 million to 10.5 million.
Researchers find some B117 variants with the E484K mutation tied to vaccine resistance, and data raise red flags about vaccine protection.
"Another vaccine can now join the fight to reduce the incidence of COVID-19."
CDC researchers recommend improving racial data tracking and health workers' uptake.
Recovered COVID-19 patients given a single dose of a currently authorized mRNA vaccine had a robust immune response equal to or exceeding that reached by their coronavirus-naïve peers after the second dose, according to a non–peer reviewed study published yesterday on the medRxiv preprint server.
"The maximum public health benefit would come from giving a single dose to as many people as possible."
One study finds county-level disparity; the other highlights ethnicity and community exposure in health workers.
