During the 2024–25 season, three-fourths of health care workers received a flu vaccine, while only about 40% got a COVID shot.
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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Vaccine-hesitant older adults are more willing to accept hypothetical COVID shots when they are described as preserving their freedom and autonomy rather than as complying with government recommendations.
The request is difficult to honor, given that blood centers don’t ask donors if they’ve been vaccinated and don’t label blood accordingly, and it comes with serious issues.
Fluvoxamine reduces fatigue in people with long COVID, at least in the short term, according to a new study that tested the drug against a placebo.
A study of children in Massachusetts finds that scores on an executive function test dropped dramatically after the pandemic began.
Data show that young, healthy people have no additional risk of sudden death if they are vaccinated against COVID-19, contrary to myths that continue to circulate widely on social media.
There have been at least 28 million illnesses, 360,000 hospitalizations, and 22,000 total flu-related deaths this season, the CDC estimates.
Thirteen of 24 symptoms were more common in COVID-19 survivors than in controls, notably fatigue, loss of smell or taste, and brain fog.
The findings suggest that while humor may resonate in specific contexts, people favored straightforward, factual information.
The findings indicate that the US system reported COVID-19 deaths inequitably, which hid the true extent of pandemic mortality and disparities.
My March 3 CIDRAP Op-Ed asked whether ACIP would follow the evidence or a political agenda. The meeting didn’t happen. But a leaked report answered my question.
