The sensitivity of RATs was 47%, compared with RT-PCR and 80% versus viral culture.
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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The treatment effect was strongest in healthcare workers 30 years and younger.
Willingness to get a booster dose of vaccine dropped most notably in high-income countries.
The authors say Community Notes are a good way to nurture a learning environment rather than rely on censoring.
The FDA's vaccine advisory group will discuss the make-up of 2024-25 vaccines at its meeting on May 16.
Of those who had declined the vaccine, 22% said they were interested in receiving a dose in the emergency department.
Data from the WHO show that 81% of patients with severe COVID-19 received antibiotics, while an NIH study finds a 32% increase in resistant, hospital-acquired infections.
Amid further declines in COVID activity, the CDC reported a steady rise in JN.1 spinoffs that have 2 added spike mutations, part of a group nicknamed FLiRT.
Optimal dosing of the drug based on body weight is still unknown.
Adults with long COVID were about twice as likely to experience depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, cognitive problems, and disabling fatigue.
The odds of the condition were increased among recipients of all 4 vaccines studied: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and J&J.