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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Nations like Denmark and France are now seeing impacts and taking steps to curb the spread of COVID-19.
A coronavirus sharing 92.6% of nucleotide identity with SARS-CoV-2 was detected in bats in Cambodia in 2010, according to a new study in Nature Communications, adding to the understanding of natural reservoirs for the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The trajectory of the pandemic is in our hands. ... What happens now and into 2022 is up to us."
Also, tens of thousands of federal workers have requested vaccine exemptions on religious grounds.
Over half of adults diagnosed as having a rheumatologic disease reported persistent COVID-19 symptoms at least a month after recovery from their infection, according to survey results presented late last week at the virtual American College of Rheumatology annual meeting.
Hospital patients in poorer neighborhoods were 28% more likely to have major events like heart attacks and 37% more likely to die.
One study shows 85% protection against hospitalization.
In a trial, the oral drug Paxlovid reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 89%.
A detailed national survey of Americans, which included residents of the four largest US metropolitan areas, found that about half of those unwilling to be vaccinated against COVID-19 were unlikely to change their minds. A research team based at Emerson University published their findings yesterday in Scientific Reports.
More than 28 million extra years of life were lost among 31 well-off nations.
