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Risk Factors for Long COVID

Higher age, female sex, more severe acute infection, and underlying medical conditions are consistent risk factors for long COVID.

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Jan 31, 2026
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How do risks of COVID-19 vaccination compare to risks from COVID-19 infection?

, mostly short-lived risks—most notably rare cases of after mRNA shots—while SARS‑CoV‑2 infection carries substantially higher and broader risks, including greater odds of myocarditis, hospitalization...

Jan 31, 2026

Which countries had the highest COVID-19 death tolls in 2020 and what were their counts?

Official tallies and independent trackers show that by the end of 2020 the largest reported were concentrated in a handful of countries, led by and several large middle-income countries; exact ranking...

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Who is most vulnerable to severe H3N2 infections?

Older adults, very young children, pregnant people, and anyone with chronic or immunocompromising conditions are consistently identified across public-health and clinical sources as most vulnerable to...

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