Those who became infected with COVID had higher levels of gene expression for two key proteins, ACE2 and TMPRSS2.
For the seventh week in a row, indicators show that US influenza activity is dropping, but it's still above baseline levels.
But prison populations remained about the same during the entire crisis.
Only 7 jurisdictions are still reporting high flu activity, and, for COVID, wastewater detections returned to the low level.
Children and adolescents were at higher risk for new-onset mild and moderate chronic kidney disease from 2020 to 2023.
The highest risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 was in the first 72 hours at room temperature and first 24 hours at 37℃.
On average, workers who received Novavax had 1.7 systemic symptoms, compared with 2.8 in Pfizer recipients.
Older adults and those with metabolic conditions such as obesity also received significant benefits against stroke and death.
Among the 25% of participants in 1 study who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 13% reported sleep disorders.
One state, however—New York—reports high activity of influenza-like illness.
A study at a fertility clinic in China ties COVID-19 exposure to reduced sperm count and lower sperm motility.
Flu-related deaths in children climb to 204, up 6 from the previous week, the CDC says.
Yet uptake of the vaccine was extremely low—less than 4% through November 2024.
Women and those with severe olfactory dysfunction and/or nasal symptoms had a greater burden of the two measured conditions.
Of 4.4 million COVID-19 patients, 1.4% had new-onset diabetes, with 0.8% being type 2 and 0.02% type 1.
The WHO's advisory group will also weigh in on COVID vaccine composition this month.
The increase in activity is seen in the Western Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Mediterranean regions.
Neutralizing antibodies tested 90 days after infection were greater in participants who had been vaccinated before their variant infections than in those who had been vaccine-naive.
Other trends included worrisome rises in tuberculosis, measles, and pertussis.
Only treatment within 10 days of COVID-19 diagnosis was associated with lower risk.
Models find no difference in all-cause death rates, 30-day hospital readmission, or length of stay before and after restrictions were put into place.
Beneficiaries with 4 or more COVID-19 vaccine doses had a 39% lower rate of long COVID.
The findings underscore the need for continued surveillance to monitor the long-term dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in deer and the related zoonotic risks.
Overweight and obesity were significantly associated with memory issues and persistent headache, among other conditions.
The pediatric deaths push the season total to 216, surpassing last season's total of 207.
