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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A prescription from an emergency department physician helped speed antiviral administration.
Women and those with severe olfactory dysfunction and/or nasal symptoms had a greater burden of the two measured conditions.
The pediatric deaths push the season total to 216, surpassing last season's total of 207.
Yet uptake of the vaccine was extremely low—less than 4% through November 2024.
The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is investing $500 million in the universal vaccine project.
With increasing time since diagnosis, only the severe infections continued to cause symptoms.
Maternal death rates peaked in 2021 as COVID-19 climbed.
Today Novavax weighed in on the FDA's latest stipulations, noting that postmarketing commitments aren't unusual and are in place for many approved drugs and biologics.
Models find no difference in all-cause death rates, 30-day hospital readmission, or length of stay before and after restrictions were put into place.
Flu-related deaths in children climb to 204, up 6 from the previous week, the CDC says.
