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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Functional decline during or after hospitalization is tied to adverse health outcomes, prolonged hospital stays, and more episodes of early hospital admission.
A total of 162,886 of these excess natural-cause deaths (90% PI, 14,276 to 308,480) were not reported as COVID-19.
The mortality rate for babies born to mothers who were vaccinated during pregnancy was half the rate of those whose mothers were unvaccinated.
The study combined data from 3 earlier smaller studies across 6 diverse sites.
During the study period, the rate of serious psychological distress among adults increased from 3.5% to 4.2%
Sixty percent were not ready before the pandemic, the findings revealed.
Among the 76% who said they now experience insomnia, half reported new and frequent episodes of waking up at night.
Along with a rise in blood-related diagnoses, healthy adults experienced rises in endocrine and digestive conditions.
Flu indicators are rising in some parts of the nation, especially the Midwest and South-Central regions.
Overall protection among adults against symptomatic COVID-19 was 54%.