American Heart Association Newsroom: Did heart health impact the risk of severe COVID-19 infection during the pandemic? (MAY 27, 2026). Adults with better Life’s Essential 8 scores had lower odds of becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19, a new study led by Tim Plante, M.D., finds.
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