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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Also, company data show the Pfizer vaccine 100% effective against COVID-19 in children ages 12 through 15.
A new nationwide study in France involving people 75 years or older found no increase in acute myocardial infarction, stroke, or pulmonary embolism 14 days following each Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine dose. The data was published as a research letter yesterday in JAMA.
More than 30 states report sustained rises in new cases as Americans prepare to gather for Thanksgiving.
The risk of stillbirth was quadruple with the Delta variant compared with uninfected women, and maternal death rates quintupled after Delta.
US infants born early in the pandemic were less likely to receive routine childhood vaccinations if their mothers had perinatal care disruptions (those just before or after birth) or experienced discrimination during pregnancy, according to a prospective study today in JAMA Pediatrics.
"As a clinician deep in the clinical trenches, I am really grateful we have clarity," says one ACIP expert.
Study estimates 12,000 excess deaths 2 weeks after ICUs reach 75% occupancy.
Austria is the first nation in Europe to take such dramatic steps amid the continent's fourth surge.
Upwards of 700,000—perhaps as many as 1.6 million—US COVID-19 survivors haven't recovered their sense of smell after more than 6 months, according to a research letter yesterday in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
COVID-19 interventions might worsen loneliness, financial stress, and other mental health issues.
