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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About 34% of infected postmenopausal women had symptoms for 8 weeks or more, while 61% of survivors in a second study had symptoms at 2 years.
Wastewater detections have now jumped to the "very high" level.
Total vaccine coverage in all adults aged 25 years or older was 87% for the primary vaccine series.
Deaths from COVID-19 dropped by 69% in 1 year.
MIS-C is becoming more and more rare as COVID-19 becomes endemic.
After the early months of the pandemic, antibiotic use at VA hospitals declined, even through subsequent COVID waves.
Between June 2019 and June 2023, AMI hospital encounters dropped by 20%.
In the latest variant update, the CDC said the proportion of KP.3.1.1 jumped from 14.4% to 27.8% over the last 2 weeks.
The number of ED visits increased across the study period.
Notably, 95 of 353 participants (27%) reported occupational change.
