Polio has been detected in a wastewater sample from Brooklyn (Kings County) and Queens County from August, the New York State and City Departments of Health said Oct. 11.
Category: Public Health
5-day isolation period inadequate, study finds: 3 COVID-19 updates
Experts are raising concerns over COVID-19 isolation guidelines after a new study showed 80 percent of symptomatic participants who were infected when the omicron BA.1 variant was dominant were still testing positive five days after symptom onset.
Evidence COVID-19 came from nature, not a lab, is ‘overwhelming,’ report says
Evidence mounted suggesting COVID-19 likely spread zoonotically — an animal to human jump — as the debate into the pandemic’s origins flared up again after a new report from an expert panel, Science reported Oct. 10.
40% of Americans not honest about COVID-19, use of precautions, survey says
Nearly half of U.S. adults reported misrepresentation and/or nonadherence regarding public health measures against COVID-19.
Signs of winter COVID-19 surge grow
Signs are mounting that the U.S. may face a winter COVID-19 surge, which could strain the U.S. healthcare system, especially if coupled with a potentially severe flu season.
‘It’s definitely concerning’: Health experts react to latest Ebola threat
A rare strain of Ebola has been suspected or confirmed in at least 64 cases in Uganda, and global health experts are concerned because no vaccines or treatments exist, Nature reported Oct. 7.
Viral ‘one chip challenge’ sending kids to hospital
The resurgence of a social media trend encouraging people to eat a chip with two of the hottest known peppers is sending some children to the hospital.
Sore throat becoming most common COVID-19 symptom
A sore throat is starting to beat out fever and less of smell as the most common symptom of COVID-19, according to recent data from the U.K.
Nearly 900 flu patients hospitalized last week: 7 notes from the CDC’s flu report
For the week ending Oct. 1, 885 lab-confirmed flu patients were admitted to the hospital, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report.
14 recent COVID-19-related research findings
Here are 14 COVID-19-related studies Becker’s has covered since Sept. 12:
