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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Though vaccination protected against severe illness, it did not prevent rapid spread, the authors say.
Congenital and acquired heart conditions such as biventricular defects, cardiac arrest, and heart failure are associated with increased COVID-19 severity in US children, suggests a multicenter study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
Dogs can detect scents as low as one part per trillion—far beyond any technology—and were 92% to 98% accurate for SARS-CoV-2.
The FDA gives the thumbs-up to the emergency use of Pfizer COVID boosters in kids 5 through 11.
Researchers looked at women who received prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy or combined oral contraceptive pill.
Machine-learning models created by a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research team can identify, with high accuracy, patients likely to have long COVID, according to a study yesterday in The Lancet Digital Health.
One study shows lower risks of infection and hospitalization in vaccinated kids 5 to 17 years old.
In US news, key outbreak markers continue to rise, especially in the Northeast and Midwest.
The data come from the medical records of all adults hospitalized in Alberta and Ontario for COVID from Jan 1, 2020, to Sep 30, 2021.
A randomized, controlled trial of 400 adults hospitalized for COVID-19–related respiratory failure suggests that awake prone positioning doesn't significantly reduce the need for endotracheal intubation at 30 days, but the authors caution that the effect size was imprecise and a therapeutic benefit cannot be ruled out.
