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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About 1 million have been orphaned, and 1.1 million lost a primary caregiver.
Nations seeing large jumps in cases include Botswana, Vietnam, the US, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the UK.
Hispanics saw the largest drop in life expectancy—3 years.
A study yesterday in the Journal of School Health finds that while 39 elementary and high school students in a Virginia public school district rode school buses while infected with SARS-CoV-2, investigators found no evidence of viral transmission to other students or adults.
The rate is up from 50% for the week of Jul 3, and in some parts of the country the percentage is even higher.
Also, a new report says COVID-19 activity has driven India's excess deaths to 4 million.
Prescriptions for kids dropped 27.1% last year during COVID, with antibiotic prescriptions declining at twice that rate.
The latest report looks at COVID-19 relief fund allocation, stockpiles, supply chains, and more.
While Latino people have lower rates of mortality despite their higher rates of poverty compared with White people in the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic erased it, at least in Los Angeles County, according to a JAMA research letter yesterday.
The antibiotic didn't lower the rate of symptoms by 14 days in non-hospitalized patients.
