With increasing time since diagnosis, only the severe infections continued to cause symptoms.
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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A study by researchers from Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University highlights the risk of Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI) among COVID-19 patients linked to antibiotic use. The findings appeared in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
"It's more convenient, patients are happier, we get the information we need, and we can open up more slots for other patients."
Doctors Without Borders sounds the alarm about catastrophic disease spread in Yemen.
An investigation into a wedding-related COVID-19 outbreak in Jordan found a high transmission rate and a high rate of asymptomatic carriers, researchers from Jordan reported yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Infection rates in Dutch and Chinese health workers were higher among those reporting no COVID-19 patient contact.
Also, a report says the CDC combines the results of viral and antibody tests, clouding the pandemic picture.
The head of PAHO says, "We are increasingly worried about the poor and other vulnerable groups."
Also, CDC sources say the White House has kept the agency out of key decisions.
Of 1,150 adults hospitalized in New York City, 257 (22%) were critically ill, and 101 (39%) of them died.
"The hardest thing to do as a doctor is nothing, even if nothing is the right answer."
