About 55,500 patients were flagged for long COVID, compared with 2.1 million who self-reported the condition in a community infection survey.
Study suggests medical masks may offer similar protecion as N95 respirators, but experts say hold on.
Public health professionals use some terms imprecisely, others incorrectly, and still others technically accurate but almost sure to be misunderstood by the public.
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Compared to last year, cholera cases are down 32%, but deaths are up 14%.
The overall case-hospitalization rate among patients was 5.7%.
The results should be interpreted in the context of twice as many hospitalizations for COVID than flu during the study period, the authors say.
The FDA sent the company a warning letter after an inspection revealed that Cue Health had made changes to the tests that reduced their reliability.
Collectively, the interventions may have averted 400,000 patient infections and 410,000 staff cases.
The estimated fatality rate among hospitalized patients with TB-COVID co-infection was 11%.
Vaccinated patients also had a 47% lower risk of hospitalization for heart failure and a 13% reduced risk of infection over 6 months.
Biochemical analysis showed raccoon dog angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 does allow SARS-CoV-2 to enter the cell, although not as effectively as the human type.
The FDA has pushed back its review of Moderna's RSV vaccine owing to administrative issues.
The ivermectin prescription rate was 1.6% for the top 3 states.