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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.

Study shows increase in medical encounters six months post-SARS-CoV-2 infection, with vaccination lowering persistent symptoms risk

Researchers identified factors related to PCC [post-COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019] symptoms and assessed changes in PCC medical visits.

20 Jan 2023

A cut-off score can accurately identify individuals with high levels of fear about COVID-19

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had profound effects, both globally and on a highly personal level. Now, researchers from Japan have developed an accurate way of assessing the effects of the pandemic on our emotional health and wellbeing.

20 Jan 2023

New trial evaluates Omicron BA.1–adapted BNT162b2 vaccine in older adults

Researchers reported the findings of the phase III trial evaluating the Omicron BA.1–adapted mono and bivalent BNT162b2 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine in 55-year-old adults. These individuals had already received three 30μg doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine.

20 Jan 2023

Luring out-of-state professionals is just the first step in solving Montana’s health worker shortage

Jenna Eisenhart spent nearly six years as a licensed therapist in Colorado before deciding to move to a place with a greater need for her services.

20 Jan 2023

WHO to launch council to accelerate the development of TB vaccine

The World Health Organization announces the creation of the TB Vaccine Accelerator Council.

20 Jan 2023

Study finds fewer cases of MIS-C during omicron wave of the pandemic than delta

A new University at Buffalo study conducted at John R. Oishei Children's Hospital is one of the first to reveal that there were fewer cases of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) during the omicron wave of the pandemic than the delta wave.

19 Jan 2023

Nearly half a million people missed out on blood pressure lowering medication during the pandemic

Nearly half a million people missed out on starting medication to lower their blood pressure during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research supported by the British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre at Health Data Research UK published today in Nature Medicine.

19 Jan 2023

Comprehensive analysis of genome sequences unravels the elusive origins of bubonic plague

Seeking to better understand more about the origins and movement of bubonic plague, in ancient and contemporary times, researchers at McMaster University, University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne, have completed a painstaking granular examination of hundreds of modern and ancient genome sequences, creating the largest analysis of its kind.

19 Jan 2023

Long-term, COVID-19-related smell loss could be treated using injections of platelet-rich plasma

Early in the pandemic, when people with COVID-19 began reporting that they lost their sense of smell, Zara Patel, MD, figured as much. A professor of otolaryngology at Stanford Medicine, Patel has, for years, studied loss of smell as a symptom of viral infections.

19 Jan 2023

Roundtable addresses present-day inequities faced by communities of color

A new Roundtable focusing on health equity in communities of color features the expertise and insights of five distinguished academic and social justice leaders.

19 Jan 2023

Researchers find that study results converge on a consistent relationship between antibody levels and protection from COVID-19

Researchers described the factors associated with protection, protection thresholds, and immunobridging in COVID-19 patients.

19 Jan 2023

Vaccinated women well protected against severe COVID-19 symptoms, complications during pregnancy

The global network led by the Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute (OMPHI) at the University of Oxford has today published, in the Lancet, the results of the '2022 INTERCOVID Study' conducted in 41 hospitals across 18 countries.

19 Jan 2023

New scan reliably detects primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension

In a recent article, researchers performed a prospective within-patient clinical trial, Is Metomidate superior to AVS in predicting ouTComes from adrenalectomy in primary Hyperaldosteronism (MATCH) in the United Kingdom (UK) in primary aldosteronism (PA) patients. These patients suffered from high blood pressure caused by a steroid hormone, aldosterone.

19 Jan 2023

Study shows link between older adults with asthma and depression risk during COVID-19 pandemic

A recent, prospective study of approximately 2,000 older adults in Canada published online this month in the journal Respiratory Medicine found that older adults with asthma were at high risk of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic.

19 Jan 2023

New study highlights the under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths in the US

A study conducted by US-based scientists highlights that a considerable percentage of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related deaths remains unreported in different counties across the United States.

19 Jan 2023

New research reveals that childhood omicron infections have been under-reported in Canadian schools

A recent study from the east coast of Canada evaluated the extent of under-reporting among school children from elementary to high schools.

19 Jan 2023

Researchers identify a specific neural mechanism behind remembering emotional events

Most people remember emotional events, like their wedding day, very clearly, but researchers are not sure how the human brain prioritizes emotional events in memory.

19 Jan 2023

Does COVID-19 cause adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes?

Early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, pregnant women were thought to be at unusually high risk from the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to the general population or non-pregnant women. However, later studies failed to agree on the extent and nature of the danger posed by the infection.

18 Jan 2023

Epitope mapping reveals the humoral responses against the main SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins in infected patients from Africa

Researchers performed immunoglobulin (Ig)M and IgG epitope mapping against 487 SARS-CoV-2 peptides.

18 Jan 2023

Tight transmission bottlenecks may limit the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants

A new study describes that tight transmission bottlenecks restrict the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the transmission chain. SARS-CoV-2 is the causative pathogen of the COVID-19 pandemic.

18 Jan 2023

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Study shows increase in medical encounters six months post-SARS-CoV-2 infection, with vaccination lowering persistent symptoms risk

A cut-off score can accurately identify individuals with high levels of fear about COVID-19

New trial evaluates Omicron BA.1–adapted BNT162b2 vaccine in older adults

Luring out-of-state professionals is just the first step in solving Montana’s health worker shortage

WHO to launch council to accelerate the development of TB vaccine

Study finds fewer cases of MIS-C during omicron wave of the pandemic than delta

Nearly half a million people missed out on blood pressure lowering medication during the pandemic

Comprehensive analysis of genome sequences unravels the elusive origins of bubonic plague

Long-term, COVID-19-related smell loss could be treated using injections of platelet-rich plasma

Roundtable addresses present-day inequities faced by communities of color

Researchers find that study results converge on a consistent relationship between antibody levels and protection from COVID-19

Vaccinated women well protected against severe COVID-19 symptoms, complications during pregnancy

New scan reliably detects primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension

Study shows link between older adults with asthma and depression risk during COVID-19 pandemic

New study highlights the under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths in the US

New research reveals that childhood omicron infections have been under-reported in Canadian schools

Researchers identify a specific neural mechanism behind remembering emotional events

Does COVID-19 cause adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes?

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