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 new analysis identifies substantial inter-country differences, with variations by age, sex, and season.
As the holidays approach, the flu surge continues, and tracking shows a fresh spike in COVID-19 markers.
Slightly more than half of COVID-19–related scientific studies posted on medRxiv were published in peer-reviewed journals within 2 years.
Those who reported COVID-19 during wave 1 had elevated symptoms of anxiety and depression at 1, 3, 5, and 13 months follow-up.
People around the world who are vaccinated against COVID-19 look down on the unvaccinated as much or more than they do often-marginalized groups, while the unvaccinated display little rancor toward the vaccinated.
The expanded EUA awaits a CDC action and comes amid rising respiratory virus activity heading into the winter holidays.
Mpox cases were 9.6 times higher among unvaccinated men compared to those who had received two vaccine doses, and 7.4 times higher than in those who had received only the first dose.
In one large nursing home system, booster doses were 88% effective in preventing COVID-related deaths.
The BQ.1.1 and XBB SARS-CoV-2 subvariants evade monoclonal antibodies but not the antiviral drugs remdesivir, molnupiravir, and Paxlovid.
Patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 breathing problems are less likely to need intubation if they lie face down, but the position's effect on death or other outcomes is inconclusive.
