The leaders asked lawmakers for oversight hearings and to restore funding for critical public health programs.
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 highest rates of influenza A/B (21%), influenza A (17%), and influenza B (20%) were observed in Asia and Europe.
Sixteen more flu deaths were reported in children, with virus activity at high or very high flu levels across much of the nation.
Senators pressed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on past statements he's made suggesting a link between autism and the MMR vaccine.
COVID-19 hospitalization was twice as likely as that for flu, and death rates were 3 times higher.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, was asked repeatedly about past anti-vaccine statements in the first of 2 hearings on whether he should be confirmed as HHS Secretary.
A higher white blood cell count was associated with greater severity of post-COVID symptoms.
By 180 days, the COVID-19 death rate reached 3.1% in the 2022-23 season and 2.9% in the 2023-24 season.
The 3 MIS-C clusters are characterized by: (1) frequent respiratory findings, (2) frequent shock and/or cardiac complications, and (3) all remaining cases.
The KFF poll, conducted earlier this month, also teases out impressions of Trump's health nominees and perceptions about the H5N1 threat.
In the 5 years leading up to the pandemic, older adults hospitalized with sepsis were half as likely to experience these outcomes.
