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The findings support the case for sex-neutral vaccination programs.
The 30- and 90-day mortality rates for infected patients were 12% and 19%, respectively.
The study also reveals that women with long COVID experience more heart problems than men.
In a new study, the risk of heart attack or stroke was halved in those who received a flu vaccine.
A new study links post-COVID ocular symptoms such as blurred vision and dry eyes to worse overall health and greater socioeconomic challenges.
Initiating the vaccine series at ages 9 to 10 also makes it easier to complete the multi-dose series before adolescence.
Dolosigranulum pigrum and Corynebacterium species were less abundant in people with long COVID and more plentiful in those who fully recovered.
During the 2024–25 season, three-fourths of health care workers received a flu vaccine, while only about 40% got a COVID shot.
