Older age, female sex, multiple underlying health conditions, and multiple COVID infections were also associated with persistent symptoms.
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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When the Senate hearing featuring Dr. Fauci ended, one vital question remained not only unanswered but largely absent from the discussion: How will the US be better prepared for the next pandemic?
A randomized controlled trial found that air purifiers didn’t prevent respiratory infections in nursing homes. But experts say that’s because the machines were too small and not used consistently.
CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm explains what makes a pandemic, if we’re still in one, and what gives a pathogen pandemic potential.
Only 9 of the 400 bills became law, and no state eliminated childhood immunization requirements.
Some Republican committee members allege that Fauci had no right to invoke the Fifth Amendment, because a pardon protects him from criminal prosecution.
Prevalence increased with age and in some occupational groups, though the estimates were lower overall than those observed in previous studies.
The nation’s former top infectious disease expert refused to answer questions from Sen. Rand Paul and others who accused him of misleading the country about the origins of COVID.
Infants are more vulnerable than older children to severe illness from viruses like the flu and RSV, and symptoms can include vomiting and diarrhea for roughly one-third of kids.
The results indicate that enlisting parents in advocacy efforts could help with awareness campaigns.
A new study suggests that a diagnostic disparity exists between Black and White patients, despite having similar long-COVID symptom profiles.
