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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Now that many Americans have experienced COVID-19 infections, questions about the medium-term prognosis of organ donation remain to be answered.
The risk of infection was similar for mothers who had newborns room-in with them at the hospital, and among newborns who went to a nursery following birth.
Readmission within 30 days was less common after admission to community than VHA hospitals.
Prepandemic sleep patterns, sleep duration, insomnia, and daytime dysfunction were tied to risk of long COVID after adjusting for age, race, and ethnicity.
About 25% of 750 survey respondents met the criteria for alcohol misuse, with 5% classified as binge drinkers.
First Nations people, who are at high risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes, had robust immune responses to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are down 11% compared to a week ago, and deaths from the virus are down 13.3%.
From 2020 to early 2022 in England, the COVID-19 infection-fatality ratio decreased from 0.67% to 0.10%.
Delayed diagnoses of lung, breast, and colorectal cancers will likely be on the rise because of missed cancer screenings during the pandemic.
Protection against ICU admission and death was 69% 1 week to 2 months after a bivalent dose and 50% at 4 to 6 months.
