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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.

Parents of children hospitalized in NICU during the pandemic report emotional exhaustion and isolation

Emotional exhaustion, isolation and “nonsensical” visitor and other hospital policies contributed to parents of children hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units feeling less satisfied with care during the early days of COVID-19.

18 Jan 2022

COVID-19 during pregnancy may induce fetal immune response even in the absence of placental infection

SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy may cause inflammatory immune responses in the fetus, even if the virus does not infect the placenta, according to a small National Institutes of Health study.

18 Jan 2022

Study finds COVID booster maintains strong T cell response against Omicron

New study results posted to the medRxiv* preprint server found that COVID vaccine boosters increase immunity by enhancing T cell immune memory. In the face of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) Omicron variant, vaccinated people who had received a third booster shot maintained high T cell responses than people with naturally acquired immunity or vaccine-induced immunity from two doses of the SARS‑CoV‑2 vaccine.

18 Jan 2022

Wastewater-based epidemiology to predict emerging new SARS-CoV-2 variants

In a new study, researchers established a strong approach for deducing public health-relevant epidemiological metrics like relative variant abundance and variant-specific reproduction numbers from wastewater (WW)-derived deep sequenced SARS-CoV-2 genomes.

18 Jan 2022

Impact of medical education on the mental health of students

A new study examined the effects of medical schooling on the mental health and sleep habits of students.

18 Jan 2022

Dynamics of outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

In a new study, researchers characterized the features of the outbreak duration of the novel SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.

18 Jan 2022

Direct effect of SARS-CoV-2 on the kidney

Researchers infected human-induced pluripotent-stem-cell (iPSC)-derived kidney organoids with SARS-CoV-2 to study the virus's direct effect on the kidney.

18 Jan 2022

Study shows several low- and middle-income countries at over 50% risk of undetected Omicron transmission

In a new study, researchers estimated the probability of undetected emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in 25 low and middle-income countries by early December 2021.

18 Jan 2022

Applications of bioconjugated nanomaterials in SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics

In this study, the researchers not only elucidate the recent bioconjugated nanomaterials for targeted diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, but they also provide the rationale behind these developments by discussing the mechanisms and approaches.

18 Jan 2022

Study reveals a causal link between deficiency in Parkinson’s disease gene and reduced immunoaging

A Parkinson’s disease gene turns out to provide the key to modify diseases related to immunoaging.

18 Jan 2022

Review could drive up the standard of services received by social housing residents

Social housing residents will be better protected as part of a review to ensure they are listened to, the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing Eddie Hughes confirmed today (18 January 2022).

18 Jan 2022

Forecasting the temporal evolution of Omicron infections

In a new study, researchers estimated the rate of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infections by modeling temporal evolution of the Omicron wave.

18 Jan 2022

Study reveals a causal link between deficiency in Parkinson’s disease gene and reduced immunoaging

A Parkinson’s disease gene turns out to provide the key to modify diseases related to immunoaging.

18 Jan 2022

Earth BioGenome Project moves from pilot projects to full-scale sequencing

A global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other microbial life on Earth, is entering a new phase as it moves from pilot projects to full-scale production sequencing.

18 Jan 2022

Study predicts incidence rates of adverse outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination

In a new study, a team of researchers estimated the pre-pandemic incidence rates of adverse events of special interest now observed in association with COVID-19 vaccines in Canada.

18 Jan 2022

Antibody responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in a cohort of healthcare workers

Researchers have been investigating the vaccine response of healthcare workers from specific vaccines to different variants.

18 Jan 2022

Researchers report isolation of potently neutralizing antibodies against highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants

A recent preprint discusses using a combinatorial phage-display library approach to COVIID-19 antibodies.

18 Jan 2022

An alternative mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Recently, a study has shown the possibility of repurposing hACE2 transgenic mice, primarily raised to study SARS-CoV, to support SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis.

17 Jan 2022

Transmission of Omicron in a quarantine hotel between two vaccinated individuals across a corridor

A recent study has reported a community outbreak of imported SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant, owing to intra-hotel transmission in a DQH.

17 Jan 2022

COVID virtual wards in England did not have significant impact on health outcomes

A new study discusses the impact of the implementation of CO@h models in other settings and assesses the impact of post-hospital discharge CVW models.

17 Jan 2022

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Parents of children hospitalized in NICU during the pandemic report emotional exhaustion and isolation

COVID-19 during pregnancy may induce fetal immune response even in the absence of placental infection

Study finds COVID booster maintains strong T cell response against Omicron

Wastewater-based epidemiology to predict emerging new SARS-CoV-2 variants

Impact of medical education on the mental health of students

Dynamics of outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Direct effect of SARS-CoV-2 on the kidney

Study shows several low- and middle-income countries at over 50% risk of undetected Omicron transmission

Applications of bioconjugated nanomaterials in SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics

Study reveals a causal link between deficiency in Parkinson’s disease gene and reduced immunoaging

Review could drive up the standard of services received by social housing residents

Forecasting the temporal evolution of Omicron infections

Study reveals a causal link between deficiency in Parkinson’s disease gene and reduced immunoaging

Earth BioGenome Project moves from pilot projects to full-scale sequencing

Study predicts incidence rates of adverse outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination

Antibody responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in a cohort of healthcare workers

Researchers report isolation of potently neutralizing antibodies against highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants

An alternative mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Transmission of Omicron in a quarantine hotel between two vaccinated individuals across a corridor

COVID virtual wards in England did not have significant impact on health outcomes

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