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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Cases continue to rise, led by the Western Pacific and Americas regions.
For refugees, the biggest predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), health anxiety, depression, or disability during COVID-19 was if their pandemic experiences triggered memories of past trauma, according to survey results published today in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology.
Neither NFL nor NCAA football games were associated with increased community cases.
The news comes as a phase 1 trial shows that a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine elicited a greater immune response against the Beta and Delta variants.
Also, WHO airs concerns about COVID-19 spread amid interrupted vaccination efforts in Afghanistan.
China's CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine is tied to a slight increased risk of Bell's palsy, while the Fosun/BioNTech (Pfizer/BioNTech's parallel product in China) did not show a significantly increased risk, according to a study yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Both the researchers and a related commentary conclude that COVID-19 vaccines' benefits outweigh the risks.
For the first time since February, the US topped 900,000 cases in a week, and more kids are hospitalized than ever before.
Vaccination is key to protect adult household members, an editorial on the study notes.
US wildfires were associated with excess COVID-19 cases and deaths from mid-August to mid-October 2020, according to a study published late last week in Science Advances.
