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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Death rates were 22% to 25% lower despite a 41% ICU rate, compared with 18% in other hospitals.
The CDC says 90% of Americans are in areas with low or medium levels of COVID-19.
The estimated effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine against infection in US adolescents was 91%, with 93% protection against symptomatic illness and 85% against asymptomatic disease amid the Delta SARS-CoV-2 surge in Connecticut, finds a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
A third dose with any of 3 COVID-19 vaccines boosted effectiveness substantially.
The gap between the groups did not close during the Delta and Omicron surges, a new study finds.
US officials announce the transfer of technology to a global effort to speed and share pandemic tools.
From March 2020 to September 2021, women were more likely than men to lose their jobs, forego work to care for others, and report increasing violence, and women and girls were more likely than men and boys to drop out of school for reasons other than school closures, according to a study yesterday in The Lancet.
Test to treat will allow patients who test positive to be treated with free antiviral pills on the spot.
Surges continue to intensify in locations such as Hong Kong, where Omicron is still very active.
The study involved 24,915 US patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest, 24% of whom had COVID-19.
