The VE of all COVID-19 vaccines appears to decrease within a few months after vaccination. In a large retrospective analysis of data from the UK, the initial VE for BNT162b2 of around 90% after the second dose dropped drastically to <60% after 25 weeks31. In the same study, the VE ...
People who’ve both been vaccinated and had COVID-19 are less likely to report fatigue and other health problems than unvaccinated people. By Freda Kreier Twitter Facebook Email Data from people infected with SARS-CoV-2 early in the pandemic add to growing evidence suggesting that vaccination ...
The most common reported systemic adverse symptoms among pregnant women were tiredness (14–72%), headache (5–55%), myalgia (2–54%), chills (1–47%), nausea (5–29%) and fever (2–45%). In general, the rate of systemic adverse events was higher following the second vaccine dose...
Fifteen of them (62.5%) required additional therapy: anti-IL-1 or anti-IL-6 in 45.8% of cases (anakinra n = 4 and tocilizumab n = 7), methotrexate in 4 cases and IVIg in 3 cases. The outcomes have been generally favorable with a rapid regression of symptoms. IL-6 levels were ...
Guillain Barré syndrome (a neurological disorder in which the body’s immune system damages nerve cells, causing muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis) has occurred in some people who have received the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine. In most of these people, symptoms began within 42 days following ...
(Omicron) variant emerged in December 2021 contains more than 30 mutations in the spike protein, raising concerns for naturally acquired or vaccinated population [12]. The emerging Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Omicron variants were classified as variants of concern (VOC), which were associated...
Further, some children who contract Covid-19 will continue to experience symptoms after the infection has passed, known as long Covid. Studies on how commonly this occurs have reported mixed results. Where to go from here? In the UK, Covid-19 vaccination rates are fairly low in the five ...
hospital or research center were excluded. As the vaccine coverage in this survey was 95.3%, we limited our analysis to people who had received at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose. We felt that we lacked the power to observe the association among those who chose not to get vaccinated. ...
Yee, MD; Sokratis Zisis, MD JAMA Key Points Question How common are COVID-19 symptoms lasting longer than 2 months, also known as long COVID, among adults in the United States, and which adults are most likely to experience long COVID? Findings In this cross-sectional study of more ...
In a subgroup of 5,598 double- and triple-vaccinated swab-positive individuals with BA.1 or BA.2, those infected with BA.2 were 54% more likely to report symptoms that interfered with their ability to carry out day-to-day activities ‘a lot’ (OR 1.54 [1.16, 2.06]) vs ‘a little’...