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 video tool increased patient knowledge, desire for more info, and mask acceptance.
The increases come as poll data show 1 in 4 young adults say they are not likely to get the vaccine.
Much of the increase in cases is led by the more transmissible Delta variant, which has now been detected in 111 nations.
Half of 399 hospitalized COVID-19 patients developed bacterial infections 48 or more hours after hospitalization, according to a PLOS One study yesterday. The bacterial superinfections were associated most strongly with lung disease, encephalopathy, mechanical ventilation, hospital stay of 8 or more days, and steroid treatment.
Two doses of the vaccine were safe and 78% effective in preventing infection in pregnant women.
The country is ordering oxygen supplies from other nations, enough for home treatment.
There have been 100 cases of a rare neurologic syndrome in 12.8 million US J&J recipients, mostly in men over 50.
Today a consensus statement by several leading public health organizations and a commentary in the Annals of Internal Medicine voiced support for mandating COVID-19 vaccinations in US healthcare workers (HCWs).
The FDA and the CDC said so far there are not enough data to recommend a booster.
WHO head Tedros urges Moderna and Pfizer to go all out on channeling vaccine supply to COVAX.
