Maternal death rates peaked in 2021 as COVID-19 climbed.
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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While officials investigate imported cases not apparently linked directly to China, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, says, "This is still first and foremost an emergency for China."
In a new Q&A, the WHO answers common questions and dispels myths.
"The virus will continue to expand, given the explosive nature we've seen in China."
A man, 44, in the Philippines who was coinfected with 2019-nCoV, Strep pneumoniae, and flu B has died.
Australia has barred travelers from China, a move the US took yesterday.
The outbreak is now approaching 10,000 cases, including 213 deaths.
"We are learning more about the biology of this virus, its transmission dynamics, and clinical spectrum every day."
The 2019-nCoV-related move is the first federal quarantine in more than 50 years.
The main worry is the possible effect on weaker nations.
The R0 was found to be 2.2, the number of people each patient might infect.
