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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.

Convalescent antibodies do not enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers investigated whether antibodies enhance severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection.

16 Mar 2022

Doctors and nurses highlight what is needed to fill gaps and future-proof the healthcare system

Thousands of doctors and nurses from across the globe reveal what is needed to fill gaps and future-proof today’s healthcare system in a new report from Elsevier Health, published two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began.

16 Mar 2022

Roche launched world's first COVID-19 PCR test two years ago

In the two years since it launched the world's first commercially available COVID-19 PCR test, Roche Diagnostics UK and Ireland has distributed ten million tests from its base in West Sussex.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 16 Mar 2022

Bibliographic review evaluates risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome after receiving COVID vaccination

Since the very beginning of the pandemic, there has been concern about the emergence of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare disorder where the body's immune system damages nerves. In some cases, nerve damage causes muscle weakness and paralysis.

16 Mar 2022

High prevalence of COVID-19 in myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

A team of scientists from Iran has recently estimated the prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in myocardial infarction patients receiving a primary percutaneous coronary intervention. A considerably high prevalence of COVID-19 has been observed among study participants. The study is currently available on the Research Square* Preprint Server.

16 Mar 2022

New insight into SARS-CoV-2 nsp14 protein opens door to new drugs

In a recent research paper currently available on bioRxiv* preprint server, scientists from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and the University of Auckland in New Zealand identified several structural specificities of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that may serve as viable starting points for the development and optimization of viral inhibitors against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other future threats.

16 Mar 2022

Within-host mathematical model provides insight into dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers used a within-host mathematical model to determine the dynamics of viral RNA and infectious virus titers in both aerosols and the URT.

15 Mar 2022

Can cardiac biomarkers determine COVID-19 prognosis?

Researchers review prognostic cardiac biomarkers in COVID-19 patients.

15 Mar 2022

Serious COVID-19 linked to higher risk of long-term adverse mental health effects

A new study published in The Lancet Public Health journal indicates that serious COVID-19 illness is linked to an increase in the risk of long-term adverse mental health effects.

15 Mar 2022

How capable are children to self-swab for SARS-CoV-2?

Researchers gather data that supports the evidence-based recommendations for children to successfully perform nasal swabs on themselves.

15 Mar 2022

Brain scans show differences in gray matter density in young children with binge eating disorder

Brain scans of children ages 9-10 with a type of eating disorder that causes uncontrollable overeating showed differences in gray matter density compared to their unaffected peers, according to a USC-led study.

15 Mar 2022

Researchers receive grant to find answers to taste loss in COVID patients

Up to 80% of individuals who've had COVID-19 report temporary or lasting changes in their sense of taste, and scientists are working to better understand the biological basis of why, including whether our taste buds are a direct virus target.

15 Mar 2022

Women’s health services yet to recover from COVID-19 disruptions

Women's health services are far from fully being restored following disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

15 Mar 2022

Recovery of consciousness may take weeks for most COVID patients on respirators

Most patients with severe COVID who are put on ventilators regain consciousness after removal of respiratory support, but recovery may take weeks after the period of mechanical ventilation has ended, according to a new study by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Harvard Medical School, NewYork-Presbyterian and Massachusetts General Hospital.

15 Mar 2022

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Convalescent antibodies do not enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection

Doctors and nurses highlight what is needed to fill gaps and future-proof the healthcare system

Roche launched world's first COVID-19 PCR test two years ago

Bibliographic review evaluates risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome after receiving COVID vaccination

High prevalence of COVID-19 in myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

New insight into SARS-CoV-2 nsp14 protein opens door to new drugs

Within-host mathematical model provides insight into dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Can cardiac biomarkers determine COVID-19 prognosis?

Serious COVID-19 linked to higher risk of long-term adverse mental health effects

How capable are children to self-swab for SARS-CoV-2?

Brain scans show differences in gray matter density in young children with binge eating disorder

Researchers receive grant to find answers to taste loss in COVID patients

Women’s health services yet to recover from COVID-19 disruptions

Recovery of consciousness may take weeks for most COVID patients on respirators

Financial compensations need to be large to reduce vaccine hesitancy

Moderate hyperglycemia associated with poor COVID-19 prognosis

Study determines the effect of mandatory facemask use in schools to manage the COVID-19 pandemic

Contact tracing data from the first COVID-19 pandemic wave in Shandong Province, China

Medicare Advantage plans send pals to seniors’ homes for companionship — and profits

Sustainable material-based biosensors for SARS-CoV-2 detection

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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