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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Only 15% of younger children are vaccinated, compared with more than half of adolescents.
In another study, researchers found a third vaccine dose boosts immune response in cancer patients.
Countries took new steps to slow the spread, and new UK data show boosters provide strong protection against severe Omicron infection.
Despite anecdotal reports of alternations in menstrual cycle following COVID-19 vaccination, a study looking at the connection found little impact. A research team based at Oregon Health & Science University published their findings this week in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Authors include some members of Biden's COVID-19 transition team, who push for a long-term approach.
A study by Italian researchers found only 42% of COVID patients had impaired sense of taste 7 months after infection.
Cases are up in all world regions, especially the Americas and Southeast Asia, leading to the pandemic's highest daily totals.
Yesterday a new preprint study out of Israel showed the efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine waned in 12- to 17-year-olds in a similar pattern seen in adult recipients. Within 5 month after completing the initial two-dose vaccinations series, protection against infection with SARS-CoV-2 dropped to 58%. The study was published on the preprint server medRxiv.
In a breaking development today, the CDC's vaccine advisory group expanded its booster recommendation to kids as young as 12.
A large multistate cohort study of more than 40,000 pregnant women and their nonpregnant peers found no link between COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and preterm or small-for-gestational-age births.
