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    | Open Access

    Rapid detection of respiratory pathogens circulating in indoor environments could facilitate improved infection prevention responses. In this proof-of-concept study, the authors develop a pathogen air quality monitor for real-time direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 aerosols and demonstrate its application in rooms of people with SARS-CoV-2 infections.

    • Joseph V. Puthussery
    • , Dishit P. Ghumra
    •  & Rajan K. Chakrabarty

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    | Open Access

    Evidence suggests that increased consumption of ultra-processed food has adverse health implications, however, it remains difficult to classify processed food. Here, the authors introduce FPro, a machine learning-based score predicting the degree of food processing.

    • Giulia Menichetti
    • , Babak Ravandi
    •  & Albert-László Barabási

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    | Open Access

    SARS-CoV-2 testing rates have varied during the pandemic but the drivers of changes in testing behaviour are unclear. Here, the authors link national testing data from England to indicators of epidemic trends to describe how testing varies according to level of virus transmission, disease susceptibility/severity, public health measures, and risk perception.

    • Younjung Kim
    • , Christl A. Donnelly
    •  & Pierre Nouvellet

  • Article
    | Open Access

    In this study, the authors characterise post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) in two large cohorts based on electronic health records from the USA. They identify a broad range of PASC-related conditions which were only partially replicated across the two cohorts, indicating possible heterogeneity between populations.

    • Chengxi Zang
    • , Yongkang Zhang
    •  & Rainu Kaushal

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Dewald et al. combine a non-invasive sampling approach (Lolli-Test) with an RT qPCR-pool testing strategy to screen for SARS-CoV-2 infections in children and use the method for surveillance and infection control in > 4000 school and daycare settings.

    • Felix Dewald
    • , Isabelle Suárez
    •  & Florian Klein

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Mass gathering events represent a risk for transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Here, the authors describe an experimental indoor test event in which individual contacts were measured and use aerosol and epidemiological modelling to evaluate transmission risks of different types of restrictions in the arena.

    • Stefan Moritz
    • , Cornelia Gottschick
    •  & Rafael Mikolajczyk

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Longitudinal multi-omics measurements are highly valuable in studying heterogeneity in health and disease phenotypes. Here, the authors apply Pareto Task Inference to analyze the clinical lab tests of 3094 individuals and find three wellness states, and one aberrant health state defining this cohort.

    • Anat Zimmer
    • , Yael Korem
    •  & Nathan D. Price

  • Article
    | Open Access

    Safely reducing the necessary duration of quarantine for COVID-19 could lessen the economic impacts of the pandemic. Here, the authors demonstrate that testing on exit from quarantine is more effective than testing on entry, and can enable quarantine to be reduced from fourteen to seven days.

    • Chad R. Wells
    • , Jeffrey P. Townsend
    •  & Alison P. Galvani

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