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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The level of hesitancy for the COVID-19 vaccine was much higher than for other routinely given vaccines.
Mitochondrial dysregulation leads to long-term damage and may help explain long COVID, the authors say.
WHO experts said EG.5 could spread globally and lead to a rise in cases, but so far doesn't appear to cause more severe disease.
Staff shortages and isolation during the pandemic could have delayed delirium recognition, and the authors also found higher rates of antipsychotics prescribed at discharge.
The list of people recommended to receive the vaccine is geared toward groups who will most benefit, such as older people, caregivers, and those with underlying medical conditions.
Approximately 30% of the respondents said they believed COVID-19 vaccines were unsafe for someone who already had a previous COVID-19 infection.
From very low levels, markers were up slightly again as the EG.5 variant pushed ahead of XBB.1.16.
A study across 10 school districts in Massachusetts finds a secondary attack rate of around 3%.
The HIV researcher, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will replace Anthony Fauci, MD, who retired at the end of last year.
Official COVID-19 case counts are rising only in the Western Pacific region globally—mainly due to transmission in South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.
