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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The steps are part of continued efforts to keep schools open for in-person learning.
Risk factors were older age, chronic conditions, and longer symptoms.
"Almost 50,000 deaths a week is 50,000 deaths too many," says WHO head.
The US COVID-19 vaccination program may have averted 14 million infections, saved more than 240,000 lives, and prevented upwards of 1.1 million hospitalizations in the first half of 2021, according to estimates from a modeling study yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
New data show the Omicron variant spreads more easily by asymptomatic people.
Those who got a third dose had 12.8 cases per 100,000 person-days, vs 116 in the unboosted.
Yesterday the US reported 1.35 million new COVID-19 cases, the most any nation has ever reported in 1 day.
US Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) have been critical to providing COVID-19 vaccinations to low-income and racial minority populations, finds a study yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
As hospital bed occupancy nears record levels, a quarter of US hospitals report critical staffing shortages.
The vaccine was 91% protective against MIS-C, a rare inflammatory disorder.
