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 47% of teens are vaccinated, and in 9 states, less than a third of eligible teens are.
Female sex, middle age, two or more chronic diseases, and more severe initial illness were predictive of difficulty recovering from COVID-19 6 months after release from a hospital, finds a multicenter UK study yesterday in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
The trio of studies found that young men appear to have higher risk.
One study finds dramatically lower protection against infection—but not hospitalization or death—5 to 7 months after vaccination.
The FDA is slated to discuss the authorization during an Oct 26 meeting.
The plan aims to have 70% of each country's population vaccinated by mid-2022.
More than 140,000 US children lost a parent or other caregiver from COVID-19 during the pandemic, representing one caregiver loss for every four coronavirus deaths, suggests a modeling study today in Pediatrics.
Allocations and purchase limits for some treatments are rolling out across the US.
Aside from quadrupling the supply of home tests, officials say access will expand to free testing at community sites, which includes pharmacies.
"Keeping up with measures that suppress transmission are hard but even more critical now."
