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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.

SpyCatcher-SpyTag technology used to develop recombinant protein-based intranasal vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

The findings of a new study showed that the intranasal SpyCage vaccine platform can be protective against SARS-CoV-2 and may prove to be a versatile and adaptable modality for the formulation of intranasal vaccines that target respiratory pathogens.

31 Oct 2022

The impact of genetic and lifestyle factors on the risk of major cardiovascular and thromboembolic events post-COVID-19 diagnosis

A new study aimed to analyze the association between lifestyle risk factors, PRSs, and their interactions along with the risk of CVE within 90 days post-COVID-19 diagnosis.

31 Oct 2022

Effects of SARS-CoV-2-associated stress among pregnant women on development of fetus brain

Researchers in the United States evaluated the effects of maternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-associated stress and fetal brain development using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

30 Oct 2022

Psychosocial impact on pandemic workers in Shanghai during Omicron wave lockdown

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* server, researchers assessed the well-being of all workers involved in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing between April and June 2022, i.e., during the Omicron wave lockdown in Shanghai, China.

30 Oct 2022

How COVID-19 impacted sleep and mental health among university students

In a recent study published in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers evaluated the effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the sleep quality and mental health (MH) of university-attending undergraduate students.

30 Oct 2022

SARS-CoV-2 infection can affect menstruation

Researchers assess the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and menstrual irregularities.

30 Oct 2022

An evaluation of the response to nationwide COVID-19 testing in England

Researchers in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom formulated recommendations for future pandemics using lessons learned from the testing programs implemented in the United Kingdom (UK) during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

30 Oct 2022

Estimating the risk of airborne SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a train carriage

Researchers evaluate the risk of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a mechanically ventilated inter-city train carriage.

30 Oct 2022

New insights on antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 Omiron sublineages

Knowing how well vaccination against one SARS-CoV-2 strain (with or without previous infection) counteracts infection with a different strain is a critical research question.

28 Oct 2022

Study finds persistent disparities in access to prenatal care among pregnant people

Immigrant pregnant people faced persistent inequities in obtaining timely prenatal care as compared with native-born pregnant people in the United States over an eight-year period, a factor that could be contributing to longstanding health disadvantages, according to an analysis published in JAMA Network Open on October 28.

28 Oct 2022

Booster vaccination offered additional protection to residents and staff of California state prisons against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

Researchers evaluated to what extent prior infection and vaccination protected the residents and staff of the United States California state prison system from breakthrough infection by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-variant B.1.1.529.

28 Oct 2022

Study refutes the nicotinic hypothesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection mechanism

A new study confirmed that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein does not bind to human AChR’s orthosteric sites, nor does it compete with ACh, choline, or nicotine.

28 Oct 2022

When monkeypox reaches rural communities, it collides with strained public health systems

When a case of monkeypox was reported in Nevada's Humboldt County in August, it was the state's first detected occurrence of the virus in a rural area. Soon, cases were found in other rural counties — Nye, Lyon, and Elko — posing another hurdle for public health systems that have been worn thin by the covid-19 pandemic.

28 Oct 2022

The dynamics of COVID-19 conspiracist ideation

Researchers studied the dynamics of COVID-19 conspiracist ideation—a general tendency to believe in conspiracy theories.

28 Oct 2022

Overall cancer death rates continue to decline in the United States, says Annual Report to the Nation

Overall cancer death rates continued to decline among men, women, children, and adolescents and young adults in every major racial and ethnic group in the United States from 2015 to 2019, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. From 2014 to 2018, overall cancer incidence, or new cases of cancer, remained stable for men and children but increased for women and adolescents and young adults.

28 Oct 2022

Scientists computationally restore the potency of an antibody against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants

A team of researchers from the United States computationally modified the COV2-2130 monoclonal antibody to restore its neutralizing ability against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron subvariants, while retaining efficacy against the Delta and wild-type strains.

27 Oct 2022

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SpyCatcher-SpyTag technology used to develop recombinant protein-based intranasal vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

The impact of genetic and lifestyle factors on the risk of major cardiovascular and thromboembolic events post-COVID-19 diagnosis

Effects of SARS-CoV-2-associated stress among pregnant women on development of fetus brain

Psychosocial impact on pandemic workers in Shanghai during Omicron wave lockdown

How COVID-19 impacted sleep and mental health among university students

SARS-CoV-2 infection can affect menstruation

An evaluation of the response to nationwide COVID-19 testing in England

Estimating the risk of airborne SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a train carriage

New insights on antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 Omiron sublineages

Study finds persistent disparities in access to prenatal care among pregnant people

Booster vaccination offered additional protection to residents and staff of California state prisons against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

Study refutes the nicotinic hypothesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection mechanism

When monkeypox reaches rural communities, it collides with strained public health systems

The dynamics of COVID-19 conspiracist ideation

Overall cancer death rates continue to decline in the United States, says Annual Report to the Nation

Scientists computationally restore the potency of an antibody against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants

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