Long COVID was diagnosed at 6 months in 19% in the molnupiravir group and 22% in the no-treatment group.
Vaccine effectiveness against mechanical ventilation and in-hospital death was 62% among all adults and 69% among those aged 65 years and older.
The most common symptoms on day 10 were shortness of breath (38.7%), cough (31.8%), insomnia (31.5%), and fatigue (29.3%).
The change won't immediately impact vaccine or treatment access or FDA emergency use status.
The risk of a positive COVID-19 test at an emergency department or urgent care visit was 0.56 after two doses and 0.88 after three doses.
The National Early Warning Score accurately predicted 72.2% of sepsis cases.
The antiviral drug likely has a gradient of benefit, with those at highest risk most likely to see the greatest benefit, experts say in an editorial.
COVID-19 survivors may experience severe complications that predispose them to more worse outcomes after reinfection, the authors say.
Monitoring of about 70 farm workers found no symptoms, and the state's wastewater sampling pilot has found no flu rise.
In healthy children with no comorbidities, the absolute risk of critical disease from COVID-19 was 4%.
A review and meta-analysis found prophylactic azithromycin reduced some maternal and neonatal infections, but had little or no impact on maternal and neonatal mortality.
The new recommendations are easier to navigate in clinical settings and focus on older age groups who benefit most.
Over 90% of COVID-19 survivors had no neutralizing antibody activity at 10 months, implying that they had lost protection from reinfection.
Though testing can't pinpoint a source, recent detections in Arizona have involved only the wild bird genotype.
A study in Denmark shows that kids who have a lot of common infections early in life have a higher risk of moderate to severe infections and antibiotic use throughout childhood.
Genomic analysis identified strains of multidrug-resistant TB with additional resistance to the 6-month BPaL/M treatment regimen.
In children both with and without CZS in the exposed group, worse outcomes were seen if exposure occurred in the first trimester of pregnancy.
The government policy rewards facilities when physicians do not prescribe antibiotics for children under 3 with acute upper respiratory infections or gastroenteritis.
Vaccination conferred a protective effect, with 15% of vaccinees developing long COVID, compared with 46% of the unvaccinated.
The results highlight the importance of beneficial coping behaviors during social upheaval, the authors say.
In other developments, health officials have reported in utero spread of the virus and the first case of the year in North Africa.
While sequencing shows similarity to the virus in cattle, the epi investigation might not be able to pinpoint a source.
The pause encompasses government-related scientific meetings, travel, and the National Institutes of Health grant review process.
