In a new study in BMC Medicine, Dutch researchers report that, 12 months after illness onset, people with initially moderate to severe COVID-19 still had impaired health-related quality of life (HRQL), but the same was not true for mild COVID-19.
Flu activity is starting to rise in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and North America, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest global flu update, which covers data through Oct 16.
Two new infections an 9 new deaths raise the outbreak total to 130 cases, 43 of them fatal.
Officials are now reporting 128 lab-confirmed cases, up from 109, and the case-fatality rate is 28%.
Officials will evaluate 3 Sudan Ebola vaccine candidates, and healthcare workers are already testing some new treatment options.
Uganda's health ministry today reported 14 more lab-confirmed Ebola cases, pushing the outbreak total to 109. Health officials also reported 2 more deaths, raising the total to 30. Earlier in the outbreak before the first cases were confirmed, the ministry reported 20 suspected cases, all of them fatal.
The United States is seeing unseasonably high levels of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases among children, causing overflowing admissions at pediatric hospitals in several parts of the country.
Lab-confirmed cases rise to 90, including 9 more in Kampala, the country's capital and largest city.
Initial reports indicate the most recent cases were not among known contacts.
So far, 24 deaths have been reported among 60 confirmed cases, plus 20 suspected fatal cases.
