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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While younger adults with no underlying health conditions have been considered safer from COVID-19's severe outcomes, of those who were hospitalized, 22% were admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), 10% needed mechanical ventilation, and 0.6% (3 patients) died, reports a study published yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Strategies for a secure drug supply chain discussed at National Academies public workshop.
Neither remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, nor interferon-beta-1a—prevented death or other serious outcomes.
CDC Director Redfeld says the next few months will be "the most difficult in the public health history of this country."
About 30% of both pediatric and adult household contacts tested positive for COVID-19.
The vast majority of Europeans remain susceptible to surges in cases, a WHO official says.
A Sri Lankan analysis of global COVID-19 intervention measures showed that increased testing had the greatest impact on transmission: a 10-fold increase in the ratio of tests to new cases (TCR) reduced a country's average transmission by 9%. The study authors suggest that intense testing combined with isolation may be the most effective and least costly strategy for controlling COVID-19.
The CDC advises 10 days of quarantine with no symptoms and 7 days if no symptoms and a negative test.
An outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii happened after some control steps were altered.
