A randomized controlled trial found that air purifiers didn’t prevent respiratory infections in nursing homes. But experts say that’s because the machines were too small and not used consistently.
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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Also, the State Department will restrict travelers from India beginning next week.
Infants born to women with COVID-19 have a low chance of contracting the disease from their mothers and having complications, according to a study published yesterday in JAMA.
In one study, overweight people 20 to 39 years old had a high risk of hospitalization.
India again breaks its record for new COVID cases, topping 386,000.
Also, more than 100 colleges have made vaccination a requirement for in-person attendance this fall.
The August 2020 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota spread COVID-19 across the country, resulting in at least 649 infections—including transmission to household and workplace contacts—over the next 6 weeks, according to a study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
One in 4 recipients noted mild systemic side effects, lower than in phase 3 trials.
India reports more than 300,000 cases for the 8th day in a row and again hits a new single-day high.
Also, a study finds that fully vaccinated seniors have a 94% lower hospitalization rate.
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which has been linked with pediatric COVID-19, may pose higher risks to children in lower socioeconomic statuses or who are minorities, according to a Pediatrics study today.
