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A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. During a pandemic, transmission can be anticipated in the workplace, not only from patient to workers in health care settings, but also among co-workers in general work settings. A pandemic would cause high levels of illness, death, social disruption, and economic loss. Everyday life would be disrupted because so many people in so many places become seriously ill at the same time. Impacts could range from school and business closings to the interruption of basic services such as public transportation and food delivery.

Research shows increase in gestational diabetes cases during the COVID-19 pandemic

More pregnant women developed gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic than in the preceding two years, according to research being presented on Thursday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.

15 Jun 2023

A new weapon against COVID: RBD-62 protein shows promising results in preventing severe disease

Researchers used aerosolized receptor binding domain (RBD)-62 with 1,000-fold enhanced binding affinity.

15 Jun 2023

Molecular insights into long COVID: serum proteome reveals dominant signaling pathways

Researchers examined the serum proteome of unvaccinated adults who had PASC.

15 Jun 2023

Latent tuberculosis infection results for the United States from the 2019–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

A recent study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases evaluated latent tuberculosis (TB) infections (LTBIs) in the United States (US) during 2019-20.

15 Jun 2023

Study finds a link between access to formal financial services and lower COVID-19 mortality rates

New research shows that some of the best tools to decrease COVID-19 mortality rates weren't found in the ER, but rather at the bank.

15 Jun 2023

Being "not up-to-date" on COVID-19 vaccination linked to lower risk of infection, study suggests

Researchers investigate whether not “up-to-date” individuals had a higher risk of COVID-19 than “up-to-date” individuals.

14 Jun 2023

Phenotyping identifies long COVID subtypes

Researchers discuss the phenotypes associated with long COVID inflammation.

14 Jun 2023

Algorithm from a video game provides insights into the behavior of molecules within live brain cells

University of Queensland researchers have used an algorithm from a video game to gain insights into the behavior of molecules within live brain cells.

14 Jun 2023

Public health workers in rural America experienced unique stressors during the pandemic

Public health workers in rural America are often overtaxed by the clinical and administrative demands of their work.

14 Jun 2023

Foster kids in casino hotels? It happened in rural Nevada amid widespread foster home shortages

Brandy Holbrook spent April driving hundreds of miles across four counties in northeastern Nevada to deliver a plea to local leaders about a smoldering crisis in the regional foster care system.

14 Jun 2023

Children displayed a resilient capacity to continue playing during peak COVID-19, finds study

Children displayed a resilient capacity to continue playing during peak COVID-19, a study has found, even though their options to do so became more limited while under stay-at-home orders.

14 Jun 2023

NHS "flying blind" make attempts to eliminate ethnic inequalities in health and care

The NHS will be "flying blind" in its attempts to meet its legal, and moral, obligation to eliminate ethnic inequalities in health and care until longstanding problems with the quality of ethnicity data are resolved, warns an expert in The BMJ today.

14 Jun 2023

Giving birth outside of working hours in England does not carry higher risk of infant mortality

A new study suggests that between 2005 and 2014, for almost all births in England, being born outside of working hours did not carry a significantly higher risk of death to the baby from anoxia (lack of oxygen) or trauma, when compared to births during working hours.

13 Jun 2023

Inter‑hospital transfers during the pandemic were complex and distressing

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers were frequently called upon to make decisions about whether to accept patient transfers from other hospitals, often due to a lack of beds, staff or the need for more specialized care.

13 Jun 2023

State policies play an important role in expanding access to mental health care

Four state policies introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to spur expansion of telehealth were associated with expansion of such services by mental health facilities, but growth of telehealth was lower among facilities in counties with the greatest proportion of Black residents, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

13 Jun 2023

Is the increased risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia from high-dose docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in the neonatal period associated with changes to IQ?

Study analyzed whether a reduction in IQ benefit was associated with the increased risk of BPD with DHA supplementation.

13 Jun 2023

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Research shows increase in gestational diabetes cases during the COVID-19 pandemic

A new weapon against COVID: RBD-62 protein shows promising results in preventing severe disease

Molecular insights into long COVID: serum proteome reveals dominant signaling pathways

Latent tuberculosis infection results for the United States from the 2019–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Study finds a link between access to formal financial services and lower COVID-19 mortality rates

Being "not up-to-date" on COVID-19 vaccination linked to lower risk of infection, study suggests

Phenotyping identifies long COVID subtypes

Algorithm from a video game provides insights into the behavior of molecules within live brain cells

Public health workers in rural America experienced unique stressors during the pandemic

Foster kids in casino hotels? It happened in rural Nevada amid widespread foster home shortages

Children displayed a resilient capacity to continue playing during peak COVID-19, finds study

NHS "flying blind" make attempts to eliminate ethnic inequalities in health and care

Giving birth outside of working hours in England does not carry higher risk of infant mortality

Inter‑hospital transfers during the pandemic were complex and distressing

State policies play an important role in expanding access to mental health care

Is the increased risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia from high-dose docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in the neonatal period associated with changes to IQ?

Biden admin implores states to slow Medicaid cuts after more than 1M enrollees dropped

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy doesn't spill over to routine childhood vaccinations, US polls reveal

New cell culture model generates the alveolar macrophage in the lab

Metformin reduces risk of long COVID by over 40%

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