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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A large study of childcare providers in Pediatrics today found that childcare staff were not at higher risk for COVID-19 during the early months of the US pandemic.
As the US COVID-19 markers head further into red zone territory, the feds press states and cities to do more to curb transmission.
The peer-reviewed data mirror unpublished results noted last month by the researchers, with up to 90% protection.
Two large studies find no increase in pandemic-related stillbirths or preterm births or among UK and US women.
Only 1 of 62 newborns who nursed and roomed with an infected mom tested positive.
The world added about 1.5 million more cases over the weekend, putting the pandemic total past 67 million.
A JAMA Network Open study late last week suggests that a pattern of delayed medical care during the pandemic may be responsible for a greater incidence of a ruptured appendix related to appendicitis in children.
Review of 57 studies finds that only 8 of 213 household COVID-19 clusters (3.8%) had a pediatric index case.
The latest CDC steps provide a bridge to when vaccines will be widely available.
Though it's an observational study and can't prove cause and effect, it holds promise.
