Sewer sampling, the authors say, could be expanded to track other infectious diseases such as H5N1 avian flu or mpox or to detect unexpected pathogens.
Plaque growth can lead to a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life-threatening cardiovascular events for as long as 1 year.
Post-exertional malaise, or exercise intolerance, was seen in 36% of those with long COVID.
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The more transmissible Delta variant taking off in countries that are known for their COVID-19 control efforts.
The latest surge marks grim milestones and puts pressure on hospitals.
Hospitalization and respiratory complications were more frequent in children and adolescents with COVID-19 during the early months of the pandemic than in those diagnosed as having influenza in past flu seasons, an international team of researchers reported today in Pediatrics.
As the school year begins, COVID hospitalizations are rising for children.
Vaccines also saved an estimated $625 billion to $1.4 trillion by early May.
With 754 new cases, Australia reports its highest daily total of the pandemic, and Japan hit a record of almost 24,000 new cases.
Early use of convalescent plasma didn't prevent COVID-19 progression in a group of high-risk adult outpatients, concludes a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
COVID-19 restrictions in Australia were associated with a substantial decline in community dispensing of antibiotics for respiratory infections, researchers reported this week in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
"We have data that protection against moderate disease decreases over time."
One study finds ebbing efficacy against infection in nursing homes, while 2 show sustained protection against hospitalizations.
