CEO SUMMARY: It’s been 53 months since the SARS-CoV-2 virus triggered the worst global pandemic since 1918’s influenza pandemic. The coronavirus continues to surprise public health officials as new variants are detected, along with a multi-year pattern of summer surges in new cases. The pandemic made wastewater testing an essential tool for public health officials […]
How Is COVID-19 Evolving? It’s Not Like Flu or Colds
Yes, it is a coronavirus, as are influenza and colds, but its infections show a pattern of summer surges
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XXXI, No. 11 - August 12, 2024 Issue
- Tags: Akiko Iwasaki PhD, BBC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, common cold, coronavirus, COVID-19, DC, Flu, HHS, Influenza, MDLive, MedLinePlus, Nature Communications, Newsweek, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Shira Doron MD, Tufts Medicine, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Vontrelle Roundtree MD, wastewater testing, WBZ News, Yale
