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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HHS rescinds FDA approval for COVID tests under an executive order from President Trump.
The findings have implications for schools, daycares, and similar settings.
France, Germany, and Spain report their highest daily COVID-19 case counts since easing out of lockdowns.
University of California researchers studying the breast milk of 18 women with COVID-19 found coronavirus RNA—but not live virus—in 1 of 64 samples, suggesting that babies aren't likely to be infected through that route.
Antibodies ranged from very high levels in 2 patients to undetectable levels in 10.
Only 1 in 7 US parents say their children will return full time to in-person instruction for the 2020-21 school year.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security today released an ethical framework for how to allocate and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine once it's been approved but is in limited supply.
"Going back to school depends on the local epidemiology, the local transmission, the local profile of schools..."
When underlying medical and other risk conditions are factored out, death rates are similar between blacks and whites.
US nursing homes saw an almost 80% increase in cases since the week of Jun 21.
