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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Data show patients who suffered heart attacks during initial COVID-19 lockdowns can expect to live up to 2 years less than those who had prepandemic heart attacks.
A total of 51% of participants said they lost at least 1 day of work in the previous month, and 20% reported not being able to work at all.
Study brings light to the complicated relationship between COVID-19 vaccines, parental choice, and public health.
From November 2020 through October 2021, 59% had depression, 60% had anxiety, and 62% reported stress.
A higher proportion of long-COVID patients than control patients had impaired cardiac blood flow (50% vs 27%).
Medical records were searched for 23 serious potential vaccine side effects, including blood clots, seizures, stroke, and myocarditis.
European officials agree that COVID-19 vaccines should be switched for the fall to a single-strain vaccine that contains an XBB lineage strain.
Menstrual cycles may lengthen by up to 1 day following vaccination, but the effect is temporary and vaccination makes little difference in other menstruation factors.
Data reveal a decline in vaccine uptake, a higher newborn death rate, less consumption of solid or semisolid foods, and lower rates of physical growth.
The events were tied to 2,022 COVID-19 cases, and 58% of outbreaks occurred on farms classified as greenhouses.
