Districts can begin ordering tests from the government in early December.
More than a third of young adults were found to have anxiety or depression during the pandemic, and economic and social uncertainty may have played a role.
Occupancy decreased for surgical patients when COVID-19 admissions increased, as many surgeries were put on hold.
Further delays would have cost even more lives, the researchers say.
Australian researchers developed a model that predicted hospitalizations, which could give facilities 1 to 4 weeks to prepare for influxes.
The trials launching are part of four platforms, which target viral persistence, neurologic symptoms, sleep problems, and autonomic system issues.
Two-dose COVID vaccine effectiveness (VE) was 49%, 26%, and 7% for children, teens, and young adults, respectively, but 3-dose VE against death was 65%.
Twenty-seven metabolites were still dysregulated in long-COVID patients compared with controls after 2 years.
Official COVID-19 case counts are rising only in the Western Pacific region globally—mainly due to transmission in South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.
The HIV researcher, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will replace Anthony Fauci, MD, who retired at the end of last year.
The level of hesitancy for the COVID-19 vaccine was much higher than for other routinely given vaccines.
The impact of COVID measures on work-life balance varied across different groups in European nations, according to an analysis released today.
So far there's no association between upward hospitalization trends and rising EG.5 proportions.
Remdesivir is an important option for patients who lack the COVID-19 treatment options available to non-immunocompromised patients.
Implementing recommended infection control measures and ensuring patients and staff members are up to date with COVID-19 vaccination are critical in dialysis settings, the authors said.
A literature review finds that athletes engaged in intensive activity are not at increased risk for heart complications following vaccination.
Pooling of blood in the legs that causes them to turn blue may be yet another symptom of long COVID.
Teleworking during COVID-19 generally had a positive impact on worker productivity and corporate bottom lines in some sectors.
Virologists report what appears to be a second-generation BA.2 lineage Omicron virus with many spike protein mutations.
Sequential vaccines, like those used for COVID-19, may elicit a greater immune response if the recipient has the same arm injected.
People with positive home test results had significantly lower odds of isolating for any length of time than those with provider results.
The risk of developing venous thromboembolisms is elevated among cancer patients with COVID-19 taking anticancer drugs, new data show.
The case incidence per 1 million person-days was 90 before the Delta variant, 304 during Delta, and more than 1,000 during Omicron.
Early during COVID-19, school closures were likely linked to a surge in mental health crises among 11- to 17-year-old adolescents.
Officials say the rapid appearance in multiple countries in people without travel histories suggests established international spread.
