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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.

Hollow fiber membranes efficiently remove synthetic SARS-CoV-2 from the air

Researchers re-design HFM filters for removing/deactivating viral aerosols.

13 Jan 2022

Researchers identify gene variant that protects against severe COVID-19

An international metastudy led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has identified a specific gene variant that protects against severe COVID-19 infection.

13 Jan 2022

Analysis of COVID vaccine breakthrough infections in highly vaccinated Israel

Researchers evaluated and modeled age-structured cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection, SARS-CoV-2 vaccination coverage, and breakthrough infections.

13 Jan 2022

Government funding supports national effort to vaccinate vulnerable communities

Community Vaccine Champions from Bradford to Brighton will be tapping into their local networks and encouraging people in their community to come forward and get vaccinated.

13 Jan 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Dealing with drug prices

Medicare officials have preliminarily decided to restrict reimbursement for Aduhelm, the controversial Alzheimer's drug, to only patients participating in approved clinical trials.

13 Jan 2022

Justices block broad worker vaccine requirement, allow health worker mandate to proceed

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a key Biden administration covid-19 initiative — putting a stop, for now, to a rule requiring businesses with more than 100 workers to either mandate that employees be vaccinated against covid or wear masks and undergo weekly testing.

13 Jan 2022

What patients can learn with confidence from one negative rapid test (hint: very little)

Julie Ann Justo, an infectious disease clinical pharmacist for a South Carolina hospital system, hoped Christmas week would finally be the time her family could safely gather for a reunion.

13 Jan 2022

Researchers detect Delta variant in the blood and placentas of women who had pregnancy complications

A growing body of evidence has linked the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, with an increased risk for pregnancy complications, including stillbirths.

13 Jan 2022

Medical masks increase facial attractiveness, finds study

Face masks. Two words that have prompted furious debate during the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion just isn't going away – and now Cardiff University experts have discovered a surprising new reason to mask up.

13 Jan 2022

Microbial characteristics of COVID-19

To better understand how the disease progresses, a recent paper in the journal Frontiers in Medicine discusses the role of the human microbiota in this condition.

13 Jan 2022

Prevalence of persistent Long COVID symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a new study, researchers aimed to analyze the prevalence and severity of persistent symptoms in the first year of COVID-19 infection as compared to non-infected individuals.

13 Jan 2022

Researchers develop a website to identify SARS-CoV-2 regional clusters in real-time

Researchers have empowered public health officers to explore the spread of SARS-CoV-2 across the USA and even support public health groups globally to quickly understand and apply insights obtained from the most recent genomic data.

13 Jan 2022

Role of leptin in immune modulation and pathophysiology of COVID-19

A recent review paper in the journal Frontiers in Physiology discusses the role of leptins in infection with SARS-CoV-2 that triggered the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

13 Jan 2022

New trial could transform the way of caring for people with neuroendocrine tumors

A revolutionary new way of caring for people with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) will be trialed in the coming months, with the Flinders University-led project aiming to improve patient quality of life and develop a cost-effective system that can be implemented across other rare cancers in the future.

13 Jan 2022

Study finds SARS-CoV-2 infection caused significant changes in the levels of stress associated small RNAs

In this study, researchers described the effect of significant changes of small RNAs in the post-transcriptional regulatory network.

13 Jan 2022

SARS-CoV-2-specific immune responses elicited by inactivated COVID-19 vaccines

In this study, researchers identified and recruited volunteers who received inactivated COVID-19 vaccines in real-world settings.

13 Jan 2022

COVID-19 infection sera analysis against varying antigens of SARS-CoV-2 variants

In a new study, researchers assessed the sera from COVID-19 infected and vaccinated individuals against the receptor-binding domain in the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 wildtype virus and its variants.

13 Jan 2022

Low incidence strategy for control of COVID-19

In a study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, researchers from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna argued for the benefits of a low incidence strategy to control the disease.

13 Jan 2022

Study finds reductions in hospital admissions for childhood infections during first year of pandemic

During the first year or so of the covid-19 pandemic, there were dramatic reductions in hospital admissions for common and severe childhood infections in England, most likely due to social distancing measures, school and workplace closures, and travel restrictions, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

13 Jan 2022

The unique T cell response elicited by SARS-CoV-2 during a primary immune response by infection and vaccination

The distinctive characteristics of the T cell response generated by SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination and the relationship to CCCoVs and VOC was explored in a review published in Frontiers in Medicine.

13 Jan 2022

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Hollow fiber membranes efficiently remove synthetic SARS-CoV-2 from the air

Researchers identify gene variant that protects against severe COVID-19

Analysis of COVID vaccine breakthrough infections in highly vaccinated Israel

Government funding supports national effort to vaccinate vulnerable communities

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Dealing with drug prices

Justices block broad worker vaccine requirement, allow health worker mandate to proceed

What patients can learn with confidence from one negative rapid test (hint: very little)

Researchers detect Delta variant in the blood and placentas of women who had pregnancy complications

Medical masks increase facial attractiveness, finds study

Microbial characteristics of COVID-19

Prevalence of persistent Long COVID symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers develop a website to identify SARS-CoV-2 regional clusters in real-time

Role of leptin in immune modulation and pathophysiology of COVID-19

New trial could transform the way of caring for people with neuroendocrine tumors

Study finds SARS-CoV-2 infection caused significant changes in the levels of stress associated small RNAs

SARS-CoV-2-specific immune responses elicited by inactivated COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 infection sera analysis against varying antigens of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Low incidence strategy for control of COVID-19

Study finds reductions in hospital admissions for childhood infections during first year of pandemic

The unique T cell response elicited by SARS-CoV-2 during a primary immune response by infection and vaccination

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