The findings come on the cusp of the Northern Hemisphere flu and respiratory syncytial virus seasons and rising US COVID-19 cases.
Study suggests medical masks may offer similar protecion as N95 respirators, but experts say hold on.
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A total of 15,700 death certificates listed COVID-19 as a contributing condition, and 3 of 4 recorded a COVID-19 complication or pre-existing condition as the cause.
The highest risk of developing long COVID was seen among patients infected with the original strain of the virus, when no vaccines were available.
Over 90% of COVID-19 survivors had no neutralizing antibody activity at 10 months, implying that they had lost protection from reinfection.
A lower risk of severe COVID-19 reinfection and hospitalization was seen with a longer time since dengue infection.
The effects were especially apparent among 16-year-olds, those with parents with lower educational attainment, and those with lower genetic susceptibility to depression.
Children with a vaccine-hesitant parent varied by vaccine: 56% for COVID, 31% for flu, 30% for HPV, and 12% for other childhood illnesses.
Type 1 diabetes incidence was 8.6 per 100 person-years during, versus before, the pandemic among uninfected participants and 14.0 among the infected.
The findings showed lower risks of death, intensive care unit admission, and need for ventilation among Paxlovid recipients.
Several factors before pregnancy were linked to an increased likelihood of developing long COVID, most notably obesity.
Wastewater levels are now at the high level, as other COVID indicators rise, especially in seniors and in western states.
