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The highly transmissible Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants caused triple and 10 times the rate of COVID-19 infections in pregnant women compared with other strains, with most cases among unvaccinated mothers and their newborns, finds a prospective study yesterday in JAMA.
Patients were able to tolerate only about 2.5 hours per day in the position.
Aspirin appeared helpful for moderately ill but not critically ill patients.
"Just as chemicals can build up in the air, viruses can as well."
National Football League (NFL) games played with fans in the 2020 season, with mask mandates and physical distancing in place, had no effect on COVID-19 infections in the surrounding county, suggests a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
South Dakota reported three more highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks on commercial poultry farms, while Maine reported another detection in a backyard flock, according to the latest updates from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
Experts review 13 studies and advise on how to use pulse oximeters to signal when medical care is needed.
Cases are up 7% compared to the week before, but COVID-19 deaths declined.
Moderna will seek emergency use authorization of a 2-dose primary series of its vaccine.
A study yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection suggests that natural infection, but not immunity acquired from COVID-19 vaccinations, is linked to the development of long COVID-19, or symptoms that persist up to a year after acute infection.
For the first time, a wild white-tailed deer has been found with chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the city limits of Grand Rapids in northern Minnesota, triggering the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to update surveillance plans across the state.
Asian countries that were hit later by Omicron surges are in different phases of their outbreaks.
One study finds a doubled risk of severe maternal outcomes and preterm birth, and the other details placenta damage that may cause miscarriage.
The new recommendations aim to close a large detection gap in children and teens.
A US study shows that white-tailed deer (WTD) inoculated with COVID-19–causing SARS-CoV-2 shed infectious virus for up to 5 days, resulting in efficient deer-to-deer transmission on day 3, findings the authors say highlight the potential for deer to become a reservoir for the virus.
The Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER) yesterday reported the launch of a new project that will use hospital wastewater to assess how antimicrobial stewardship programs are affecting levels of antibiotics and resistant bacteria released into the environment.
In global news, China reports its first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year, and cases are rising in Europe.
One study predicts rising US cancer deaths, and another estimates the impact of cancer surgery delays.
Researchers at a hospital in China found an 8.3% decline in antibiotic use among patients with non-COVID fever and respiratory symptoms during the pandemic, likely because of heightened awareness of viral pathogens, according to a study published late last week in the Journal of Infection.
Alcohol-related deaths increased by 25% in the United States during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study in JAMA based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
