Posts published in “COVID-19”

Wastewater levels are now at the high level, as other COVID indicators rise, especially in seniors and in western states.

Migrants, refugees, and internally displaced people have an 84% higher COVID-19 infection rate and a 46% higher death rate, data reveal.

The team arrived at 6 target pathogens: the viruses that cause polio, influenza A, influenza B, mpox, COVID-19, and measles.

Only 45% of first reinfections among those who experienced a severe initial infection were mild.

FEMA has said it expects to fulfill funding obligations for the pandemic through August 2026.

The authors found that 37% of the COVID-positive group suffered quantitative olfactory dysfunction.

During the follow-up period, 9% of children in the lockdown cohort had at least 1 wheezing episode, compared with 15% in the historical cohort. 

Depression, anxiety, eating disorders, personality disorders, suicide, and self-harm increased in certain groups.

Pre-existing sleep disturbances were tied to a 12% increased risk of COVID-19 infection and a 36% increased risk of long COVID.

The researcher also found leftover SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the gut as long as 2 years after infection.