Newly announced rules that limit the use of COVID vaccines suggest that federal officials are opposed to open discussion and transparency.
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 study authors say antibiotic stewardship strategies are needed for patients who have nonsevere COVID-19 but are still sick enough to be admitted to the hospital.
Critics said today’s announcement is more evidence of the current administration’s willingness to undermine public trust in vaccines.
The delay, narrowed approval, and extra study steps raise concerns about the status of and potential added requirements for other COVID vaccines.
Current vaccine strains show high neutralization against the latest variants, but the LP.8.1 antigen may provide similar or moderately higher cross-reactive antibody response.
Self‐reported physical activity was lower among those with long COVID.
Participants with ongoing long-COVID symptoms were more likely to report any productivity loss in the preceding 3 months than those without ongoing long-COVID symptoms.
Although the risk was greater with moderate-to-severe infections, even mild cases were linked to more than double the risk.
Sewer sampling, the authors say, could be expanded to track other infectious diseases such as H5N1 avian flu or mpox or to detect unexpected pathogens.
The risk of long COVID was two to three times higher after the initial infection (14.8%) than after first (5.8%) or second (5.3%) reinfections.
Overall, the hazard ratio for in-hospital mortality at 28 days was 0.73.
