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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Today a study from Germany published in Science shows three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine raised antibody levels against the highly transmissible Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant.
Poor birth outcomes occurred even in women who weren't severely ill with COVID-19.
Cases are falling in Cleveland; Newark, New Jersey; Washington, DC; and New York state.
After battling foreign fluctuations, Nexus Pharmaceuticals bucks convention and builds local.
Needless insurer spending on ivermectin prescriptions for COVID-19, estimated at $2.5 million in the United States for the week of Aug 13, 2021—the most recent week analyzed—would extrapolate to $130 million annually, US researchers reported yesterday in JAMA.
The Court allowed a mandate for workers at federally funded healthcare facilities.
In 1 of the 3 studies, vaccination was 98% protective against ICU stay and life support in teens.
India's cases have spiked 30-fold in a month, fueled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
Austrian scientists writing in a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine yesterday demonstrate poor neutralization of the Omicron variant when using serum from vaccinated or recovered COVID-19 patients, potentially signaling a need for variant-specific vaccines.
The steps are part of continued efforts to keep schools open for in-person learning.
