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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.

Researchers develop treatment that suppresses mutational escape of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers from Xiamen University have created a new treatment that is less likely to be affected by mutations in the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2.

17 May 2022

Hormone replacement therapy associated with reduction in mortality from COVID-19

A new paper in Family Practice, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that receiving hormone replacement therapy within six months of a recorded diagnosis of COVID-19 was associated with a reduction in mortality from the disease.

17 May 2022

Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by plant-made neutralizing monoclonal antibodies

In a recent study published in the journal Vaccines, researchers developed plant-based monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2).

17 May 2022

Broad-spectrum polymeric antivirals against SARS-CoV-2

In a recent study published in the journal Advanced Science, researchers evaluated the potential and applicability of macromolecular viral inhibitors against respiratory viral pathogens.

17 May 2022

Characterizing SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 15 endoribonuclease variants

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, researchers characterized the mutations in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) non-structural protein 15 (Nsp-15).

16 May 2022

Researchers reveal the impact of moral distress on clinicians during the pandemic and supportive actions

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare organizations, leaders, researchers, and practitioners have attempted on the fly to deal with the inherent stresses, strains, and struggles related to an unprecedented healthcare crisis in modern times.

16 May 2022

Survey: 72% of Detroit residents report stable, improved financial situation compared to year ago

Two years into the pandemic, 72% of Detroit residents say their financial situation has stabilized or improved compared to a year ago, and there’s evidence that stimulus checks and the expanded Child Tax Credit played a role in reducing Detroiters’ experiences of economic hardship.

16 May 2022

Landmark $20 million gift received to establish Mount Sinai-Royalty Pharma Alliance for Health Equity Research

Marking a major advance in its efforts to achieve equity in the delivery of health care, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Icahn Mount Sinai) announced today that its Institute for Health Equity Research (IHER) has received a landmark $20 million gift over four years from Royalty Pharma plc and certain members of its management team.

16 May 2022

Unique antibody responses after third COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

Researchers observed that a third messenger ribonucleic acid COVID-19 vaccine elicits a unique antibody response.

16 May 2022

Study suggests the seasonal H1N1 flu virus may be a direct descendant of the 1918 influenza strain that caused a global flu pandemic

A new study published in Nature Communications implemented recent advances in nucleic acid recovery to sequence one complete and two partial 1918 influenza virus genomes from specimens sampled in Berlin and Munich.

16 May 2022

States have yet to spend hundreds of millions of federal dollars to tackle covid health disparities

The Biden administration in March 2021 announced it was investing $2.25 billion to address covid health disparities, the largest federal funding initiative designed specifically to help underserved communities hardest hit by the virus.

16 May 2022

After the pandemic hit nursing homes hard, California lawmakers push to tighten licensing rules

When Johanna Trenerry found a nursing home for her husband after his stroke, she expected his stay would be temporary.

16 May 2022

Sentiment toward COVID-19 vaccines previews subsequent vaccination rates, Twitter study finds

Sentiments toward COVID-19 vaccines, whether positive or negative, previews subsequent vaccination rates, finds a study of related Twitter posts.

15 May 2022

How has COVID-19 affected maternal mental health?

Writing in the journal Reproductive Health, two researchers examine the unexpected impact of the virus on maternal mental health.

15 May 2022

Super-antibody UT28K shows broad-spectrum activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants

A study, published online in the journal mAbs, describes a novel mAb, UT28K, that has promising broadly neutralizing activity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

15 May 2022

What role do children play in household transmission of COVID-19?

A new study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases reviews the literature systematically. It performs a meta-analysis to assess the prevalence of pediatric COVID-19 in clusters of families, estimate the household secondary attack rate of children, and compare the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 in different age groups.

14 May 2022

CDC study reveals hybrid SARS-CoV-2 spike from Delta/Omicron recombination event

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has conducted national-level genomic surveillance to identify and characterize delta-omicron recombinant genomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A total of nine genomes with a hybrid delta-omicron spike protein have been identified.

14 May 2022

Federal subsidies kept hospitals across the U.S. afloat during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic

Subsidies from the federal government kept hospitals across the U.S. afloat during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively defraying income loss even for the most vulnerable medical centers, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report in a new study.

13 May 2022

Analysis of rail passenger flow prior to and during COVID-19 offers recommendations to make commuting quicker, safer

Dr Marin Marinov, lecturer in infrastructure systems and sustainable engineering in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Aston University, has conducted research into the rail passenger flow on the concourse of Birmingham New Street railway station prior to and during COVID-19.

13 May 2022

Direct infection and replication of influenza virus in cardiomyocytes is a primary determinant of cardiac pathology associated with severe influenza

Researchers generated a recombinant influenza virus expressing micro ribonucleic acid (miRNAs) expressed in cardiomyocytes to infect mice, which served as a model to study the etiology of influenza-associated cardiac pathology.

13 May 2022

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Researchers develop treatment that suppresses mutational escape of SARS-CoV-2

Hormone replacement therapy associated with reduction in mortality from COVID-19

Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by plant-made neutralizing monoclonal antibodies

Broad-spectrum polymeric antivirals against SARS-CoV-2

Characterizing SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 15 endoribonuclease variants

Researchers reveal the impact of moral distress on clinicians during the pandemic and supportive actions

Survey: 72% of Detroit residents report stable, improved financial situation compared to year ago

Landmark $20 million gift received to establish Mount Sinai-Royalty Pharma Alliance for Health Equity Research

Unique antibody responses after third COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

Study suggests the seasonal H1N1 flu virus may be a direct descendant of the 1918 influenza strain that caused a global flu pandemic

States have yet to spend hundreds of millions of federal dollars to tackle covid health disparities

After the pandemic hit nursing homes hard, California lawmakers push to tighten licensing rules

Sentiment toward COVID-19 vaccines previews subsequent vaccination rates, Twitter study finds

How has COVID-19 affected maternal mental health?

Super-antibody UT28K shows broad-spectrum activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants

What role do children play in household transmission of COVID-19?

CDC study reveals hybrid SARS-CoV-2 spike from Delta/Omicron recombination event

Federal subsidies kept hospitals across the U.S. afloat during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic

Analysis of rail passenger flow prior to and during COVID-19 offers recommendations to make commuting quicker, safer

Direct infection and replication of influenza virus in cardiomyocytes is a primary determinant of cardiac pathology associated with severe influenza

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