Posts published in “COVID-19”

Several factors before pregnancy were linked to an increased likelihood of developing long COVID, most notably obesity.

Wastewater levels are now at the high level, as other COVID indicators rise, especially in seniors and in western states.

Migrants, refugees, and internally displaced people have an 84% higher COVID-19 infection rate and a 46% higher death rate, data reveal.

The team arrived at 6 target pathogens: the viruses that cause polio, influenza A, influenza B, mpox, COVID-19, and measles.

Only 45% of first reinfections among those who experienced a severe initial infection were mild.

FEMA has said it expects to fulfill funding obligations for the pandemic through August 2026.

The authors found that 37% of the COVID-positive group suffered quantitative olfactory dysfunction.

During the follow-up period, 9% of children in the lockdown cohort had at least 1 wheezing episode, compared with 15% in the historical cohort. 

Depression, anxiety, eating disorders, personality disorders, suicide, and self-harm increased in certain groups.

Pre-existing sleep disturbances were tied to a 12% increased risk of COVID-19 infection and a 36% increased risk of long COVID.