NYC health chief: Wear masks indoors; 'high' COVID alert level coming New York City is approaching a ‘high’ level of COVID-19 alert, according to Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan. In a tweet issued Monday morning, Vasan said he was urging all New Yorkers to wear a mask while indoors. FOX 5 NY FOX 5 New York

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Raising the alert level from medium to high indicates an increased and significant level of community spread. 

New Study Finds Persistent Viral Shedding of COVID-19 Is Associated with Delirium and Six-Month Mortality in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

Newswise — Chicago, IL – A new Northwestern Medicine study published in GeroScience sought to determine the prevalence, risk factors and significance of persistent viral shedding in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The Northwestern Medicine Neuro COVID-19 research team discovered patients who continued to test positive more than 14 days after their initial positive test were more likely to experience delirium, longer hospital stays, were less likely to be discharged home, and had a greater six-month mortality than those without persistent viral shedding of COVID-19.   

CDC: COVID Boosters Blunted Omicron's Effect on Nursing Homes Residents with a booster more protected than those with only a primary series Molly Walker medpagetoday

An additional booster dose of COVID vaccine helped substantially reduce the rate of infection in nursing home residents during the Omicron wave compared with a primary series alone, researchers found.