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Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — People who were diagnosed with severe COVID-19 infections from the first wave of the pandemic could face double the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study has found. The study, published this week in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology and supported by the National Institutes […]

Getty Images – STOCK/dowell (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 has significantly fallen as a leading cause of death in the U.S. for the first time since the pandemic began, according to new provisional data published Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2023, the virus was the tenth-leading cause of death among […]

Getty Images – STOCK/dowell (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 has significantly fallen as a leading cause of death in the U.S. for the first time since the pandemic began, according to new provisional data published Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2023, the virus was the tenth-leading cause of death among […]

MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations have hit their lowest level ever reported since the pandemic began, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 5,615 COVID hospitalizations in the most recent week data that is available. In comparison, there were over 150,000 weekly admissions at the […]

Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 vaccines were found to cut the risk of heart failure by up to 55% and blood clots by up to 78% following COVID infection, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal. The positive health effects lasted for up to a year and were more […]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Monday marks four years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Since the first cases in Wuhan, China, in 2019, there have been millions of infections and deaths around the world. There have also been major successes including vaccines for nearly all age groups, […]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 patients are at least four times more likely to develop chronic fatigue than someone who has not had the virus, a new federal study published Wednesday suggests. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looked at electronic health records from the University of Washington of […]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study in Science is shining a light on the continuing impact of long COVID, with research revealing further and continuing health concerns for some of the 16 million sufferers in the U.S. Long COVID is a syndrome, or collection of symptoms, that continue or develop after an acute […]

MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Respiratory virus activity continues to remain elevated across the United States but there may be some signs that a peak has been reached for at least one virus, newly updated federal data shows. As of Friday, “high” or “very high” levels of respiratory illness activity — defined as people […]

Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — For nearly a month, COVID-19 hospitalizations have been increasing following weeks of decline and relatively low levels throughout the summer, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of Nov. 25, there were 19,444 weekly hospitalizations due to the virus compared to 15,006 four […]