The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is investing $500 million in the universal vaccine project.
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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Data from the WHO show that 81% of patients with severe COVID-19 received antibiotics, while an NIH study finds a 32% increase in resistant, hospital-acquired infections.
Amid further declines in COVID activity, the CDC reported a steady rise in JN.1 spinoffs that have 2 added spike mutations, part of a group nicknamed FLiRT.
Optimal dosing of the drug based on body weight is still unknown.
Adults with long COVID were about twice as likely to experience depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, cognitive problems, and disabling fatigue.
The odds of the condition were increased among recipients of all 4 vaccines studied: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and J&J.
Participants with a history of COVID-19 were more likely to experience some degree of smell loss compared with those without a history.
Reasons cited for accepting the option of refusing treatment included unreasonable risk to physicians and their families and labor rights and worker protection.
Researchers also estimated that 230,134 cases were averted in kids aged 5 to 11 years, a 24% reduction.
After a brief dip in March 2020, the proportion of people who received one or more inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions returned to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021.
The findings suggest that the antiviral can prevent over 90% of viral replication if given at the optimal time, the authors say.
