Long COVID

Patients with long COVID showed no difference in fatigue after exercise vs. those without long COVID, nor did their symptoms significantly worsen, suggesting that “cautious exercise” could help rehabilitation, a randomized study showed.

DENVER — SARS-CoV-2 antigens persist in patients with COVID-19 for months to years after infection, according to data presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Physical medicine and rehabilitation play an important role in recovering from fatigue symptoms in immune-mediated diseases, according to a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Long COVID, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome demonstrate overlapping characteristics that warrant further investigation, according to a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.

The Alaska Department of Health recently reported the first death from Alaskapox, an orthopoxvirus that can be transmitted from animals to humans.

Seven U.S. states have a prevalence of adult long COVID that surpasses 8.8%, according to survey data published by the CDC.

More than three-quarters of people with mild COVID-19 reported experiencing insomnia after recovery, and it was more common among those with anxiety or depression, according to the results of a survey.

An estimated 5.8 million children in the United States have had long COVID, which may occur in up to 20% of children infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to the authors of a new state-of-the-art narrative review published in Pediatrics.

About one in 10 women who develop COVID during pregnancy will have post-acute sequelae, or long COVID, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.