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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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which has been linked with pediatric COVID-19, may pose higher risks to children in lower socioeconomic statuses or who are minorities, according to a Pediatrics study today.
Unvaccinated people may exercise and gather in small groups of vaccinated friends outdoors without a mask.
With 362,757 new cases and 3,285 new deaths, India is receiving oxygen, drugs, vaccine, and other key supplies.
In the first weeks of the pandemic more-transmissible variants such as D614G became dominant.
People who work irregular or permanent shifts were associated with double the risk of COVID-19, according to findings from a Thorax study published yesterday. The study looked at 27,056 irregular and 21,836 permanent shift workers between ages 40 to 69, as well as 235,135 non-shift workers, all identified in the UK Biobank.
One study showed 91% protection for 1 dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
A WHO official says India's nearly vertical trajectory is astonishing—and an underestimate.
Tomorrow President Biden is expected to say the CDC has changed its guidance on wearing masks outdoors.
Men under 50 recovering from asymptomatic COVID have double the likelihood of acute ischemic strokes (AIS) compared with men of the same age without COVID infection, according to a study last week in JAMA Network Open.
The committee, in a 10-to-4 vote, recommends that the US resume use of the COVID-19 vaccine.
