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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Data published late last week in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) detailed public school costs for recommended COVID-19 mitigation strategies, which averaged $442 per student but varied widely.
The step allows health workers to begin giving the vaccine and offers guidance on immunization policy.
Emergency approval makes the vaccine available and offers hope for altering the course of the pandemic.
Pressure over emergency use approval raises worries that the process has been rushed.
A study published yesterday in Science by researchers in Massachusetts suggests that a coronavirus outbreak linked to an international biotech conference in Boston in February is linked to more than 300,000 national and international infections with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
In patients needing noninvasive breathing support, those who got the 2-drug combo recovered in 10 days, compared with 18 days for remdesivir alone.
One study points to the use of certain medications, and the other shows elevated risk in non-white populations.
Studies show a 57% higher COVID-19 hospital rate for gynecologic cancer and a 29% higher rate for all cancers in black patients.
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn has said the FDA will make its approval decision shortly after today's meeting.
Distribution challenges include local logistics, equitable reach, special populations, and cold storage.
