The West has had the highest wastewater detections for most of the summer, but levels have now declined a bit according to the CDC's latest update.
Study suggests medical masks may offer similar protecion as N95 respirators, but experts say hold on.
Public health professionals use some terms imprecisely, others incorrectly, and still others technically accurate but almost sure to be misunderstood by the public.
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A second study finds link between parental attitudes and social norms and intention to vaccinate kids against COVID-19.
Compared to those who had not received an updated XBB vaccine, recipients had 62% protection against COVID-19 hospitalization.
Cannabis use was significantly associated with increased risk of hospitalization.
COVID test positivity, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths are are on the rise, but remain at low levels.
The infants showed median reductions in brain volumes of white matter, right hippocampus, and left amygdala.
Protection from booster doses was high, hovering around 75%.
But rates of systemic side effects were similar for men and women after receipt of both types of vaccine.
The researchers also show that more than 1 in 5 adults had protracted recoveries.
Over 78% were dirty, rendering them unsuitable for sterilization, the authors say.
Only 3% of people said COVID-19 was not a health threat to anyone early in the pandemic.