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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Fourteen to 60 days postvaccination, third-dose relative vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization was 77% for Moderna and 73% for Pfizer.
Similar results were seen in patients who were hospitalized or were overweight or obese.
CDC wastewater tracking shows SARS-CoV-2 detections are now at the low level nationally.
The proportion of excess deaths exceeded the share of the population among American Indians or Alaska Natives, Blacks, and Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders.
The roadmap was created under the guidance of 50 scientific leaders.
Patients with COVID-19 had a 21% greater risk of heart attack, stroke, and death than people with cardiovascular disease without COVID-19 infection.
COVID-19 survivors may experience severe complications that predispose them to more worse outcomes after reinfection, the authors say.
The authors said COVID-19 infection can result in a "brainstem insult" that results in clusters of physical long-COVID symptoms.
The test joins other over-the-counter COVID-19/flu tests already available under emergency use authorization.
When compared to COVID test-negative participants, test-positive participants had a significant 3% increase in scores for fatigue.
