Study using SAIL Databank suggests risk of blood clots remains for almost a year after COVID-19 infection.
COVID-19 infection increases the risk of potentially life-threatening blood clots for at least 49 weeks, according to a new study of health records of 48 million unvaccinated adults from the first wave of the pandemic. The findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to an additional 10,500 cases of heart attacks, strokes and…