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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Antibodies in those previously infected were 10 to 45 times higher after 1 dose than other vaccine recipients'.
Also, regulators in Europe recommend the J&J vaccine for emergency use, and the Pfizer vaccine shows very high efficacy against both symptomatic and asymptomatic infection.
Community exposure increased healthcare worker's risk of infection 3.5 times.
In other news, Americans, regardless of vaccination status, can visit nursing home residents again.
A real-world Mayo Clinic study shows a link between vaccination with two doses of an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine—either Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna—and an 80% lower risk of asymptomatic infection.
The relative risk for death rose 64%, but the absolute risk climbed from 2.5 to just 4.1 deaths per 1,000 cases.
Of COVID patients, 52% received antibiotics in spite of only 29% having a bacterial infection.
Included in the stimulus bill is $14 billion for vaccine distribution and $130 billion for schools.
Racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infection rates were significant among Americans younger than 25 years early in the pandemic, particularly for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic people, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Cases were up 2% last week, following a 7% increase the week before, the WHO says.
