Overall, 57% of participants had evidence on PET/MRI of inflammation affecting the heart or lungs.
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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The global total tops 30 million cases only 4 days after surpassing 29 million.
Increased age, male sex, non-Hispanic black ethnicity, and certain underlying health conditions are associated with a greater risk of hospitalization from COVID-19, according to an analysis of data from more than 5,000 hospitalized adults. A group based at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported its findings today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The authors of one study say those with COVID should isolate from people and animals.
Those receiving the antibiotic as well as drugs that prolong the QT interval had more cardiac events.
A higher quality rating was tied to fewer outbreaks.
CDC director says a vaccine likely won't be widely available till next spring or summer.
High SARS-CoV-2 viral load at hospital admission may place patients with and without cancer at higher risk for death, a new multicenter observational study published in Cancer Cell suggests.
About 14% of cases worldwide involve healthcare worker, and the rate is as high in 35% in some countries.
HHS and the Defense Department release 2 documents that outline steps to deliver vaccine.
Live SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was isolated from air samples collected 2 to 4.8 meters (6.6 to 15.7 feet) away from two coronavirus patients—one recently released and one newly admitted—in a single hospital room, according to a study published yesterday in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
