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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.

Study explores older individuals' feelings of death anxiety during the pandemic

A recent study in the Journal of Community Psychology explored older individuals' feelings of anxiety related to the possibility of dying during the COVID-19 pandemic.

8 Dec 2021

Internal tremors and vibrations symptoms among people with long-COVID

In a recent study, researchers aimed to identify a potentially important cluster of similar patient-reported symptoms from PASC-affected individuals.

8 Dec 2021

Study shows SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Ireland before first official COVID-19 report

New study findings showed evidence of SARS-CoV-2 dissemination in Ireland prior to the identification of the first official COVID-19 case.

8 Dec 2021

Study identifies ORF8 protein as a key COVID-19 causing factor

New study suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 protein is the underlying cause behind severe COVID-19 infection.

8 Dec 2021

Equilibrium simulation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein highlights its global conformational characteristics

A team of researchers set out to build a full-length, membrane-embedded spike to study its conformational dynamics at the atomic level using molecular dynamics simulations to understand better how this important component of the virus machinery works.

8 Dec 2021

Breastmilk T cell repertoire is enriched for SARS-CoV-2 Spike-specificity after maternal mRNA vaccination

New study demonstrates that it is possible one day that breastmilk samples will be used to characterize broad mucosal immunity after vaccination.

8 Dec 2021

Impact of COVID-19 on children with complex underlying medical conditions

A new study concludes that children with medical complexities experienced adverse health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

8 Dec 2021

Estimating transmission heterogeneity dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Massachusetts

Researchers propose an analytical framework and two methodologies for estimating transmission heterogeneity dynamics in this paper.

8 Dec 2021

Brain injury markers associated with dysregulated immunological responses in COVID-19

Study shows that during hospitalization, patients with COVID-19 demonstrated elevated NfL and GFAP in a severity-dependant manner, as well as evidence of ongoing active brain injury 4 months later.

8 Dec 2021

Post-pandemic, what’s a phone call from your physician worth?

Maybe this has happened to you recently: Your doctor telephoned to check in with you, chatting for 11 to 20 minutes, perhaps answering a question you contacted her office with, or asking how you're responding to a medication change.

8 Dec 2021

Oncology doctors say the build back better act will slash cancer care funding — a skewed argument

“An independent analysis shows that payments for cancer care will be slashed by close to 45% causing cancer clinics to close and massively raising your healthcare costs”

8 Dec 2021

Does a COVID-19 vaccine booster improve the immune response of a poor responder?

A new study has focussed on determining the levels of nAb in individuals who received the second and third doses of the RNA vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna.

8 Dec 2021

Report outlines multiple approaches to enhancing resilience in the UK food system

Government, the food industry, financial investors, charities and researchers all have a key role to play in securing the food system into the future - according to the results of a five-year research program.

8 Dec 2021

ORF10 protein mutations alter SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity

Researchers examine 140 unique SARS-CoV-2 ORF10 sequences among 202,968 ORF10 retrieved sequences.

7 Dec 2021

The antiviral potential of 4′-fluorouridine as an oral treatment against RSV and SARS-CoV-2

New research reports 4’-Fluorouridine (4′-FlU) as an oral antiviral against RSV and SARS-CoV-2.

7 Dec 2021

Risk assessment of the threat of SARS-CoV-2 on banknotes

A new study evaluates the risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure by fomite transmission during cash transactions.

7 Dec 2021

SARS-CoV-2 re-infection from new variant after natural infection

Researchers survey incidences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in both care home staff and residents early in the pandemic.

7 Dec 2021

Delays in hospitals' cardiac care services mount during COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers analyzed 94 papers related to the delivery of healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

7 Dec 2021

Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant drove increase in infection numbers in the U.K.

Researchers determine how different the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant was from the previously dominant Alpha variant.

7 Dec 2021

Researchers discover biomarker that could aid in early detection of high risk COVID-19 patients

Led by computational researchers from WEHI, in collaboration with The University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and Hospital Marcelino Champagnat in Brazil, the study used advanced spatial transcriptomic techniques to screen for genes associated with excessive inflammation in the lungs, a key indicator of severe COVID-19.

7 Dec 2021

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Study explores older individuals' feelings of death anxiety during the pandemic

Internal tremors and vibrations symptoms among people with long-COVID

Study shows SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Ireland before first official COVID-19 report

Study identifies ORF8 protein as a key COVID-19 causing factor

Equilibrium simulation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein highlights its global conformational characteristics

Breastmilk T cell repertoire is enriched for SARS-CoV-2 Spike-specificity after maternal mRNA vaccination

Impact of COVID-19 on children with complex underlying medical conditions

Estimating transmission heterogeneity dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Massachusetts

Brain injury markers associated with dysregulated immunological responses in COVID-19

Post-pandemic, what’s a phone call from your physician worth?

Oncology doctors say the build back better act will slash cancer care funding — a skewed argument

Does a COVID-19 vaccine booster improve the immune response of a poor responder?

Report outlines multiple approaches to enhancing resilience in the UK food system

ORF10 protein mutations alter SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity

The antiviral potential of 4′-fluorouridine as an oral treatment against RSV and SARS-CoV-2

Risk assessment of the threat of SARS-CoV-2 on banknotes

SARS-CoV-2 re-infection from new variant after natural infection

Delays in hospitals' cardiac care services mount during COVID-19 pandemic

Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant drove increase in infection numbers in the U.K.

Researchers discover biomarker that could aid in early detection of high risk COVID-19 patients

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