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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.

Scientists now close to eliminating mother-baby HIV transmission, says leading researcher

Quarraisha Abdool Karim has spent the past three decades studying HIV and AIDS. She has become one of the world's leading epidemiologists and made major contributions to the global understanding of how HIV affects young women.

24 Nov 2021

Can dexamethasone reduce prolonged COVID-19 symptoms?

A new study assesses hospitalized patients after recovering from COVID-19 by comparing the individuals before and after being treated with dexamethasone.

24 Nov 2021

Trust increases adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions that curb COVID-19

Researchers analyze the differences among rural and urban Americans in their attitudes towards,

24 Nov 2021

Births and deaths need to be accurately registered in Asia Pacific countries

A strong, universal, responsive civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system is critical for Asia Pacific countries to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure that the most vulnerable have access to healthcare, immunization and social welfare services.

24 Nov 2021

Decline in CT imaging during the pandemic may raise the possibility of poorer cancer outcomes

Significant decreases in CT imaging for cancer persisted even after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, delaying diagnosis and treatment and raising the possibility of more advanced cancers and poorer outcomes for patients in the future, according to a study being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

24 Nov 2021

Directly addressing falsehoods could help debunk health misinformation

With the world in the grip of a global pandemic, health misinformation has become a matter of life or death. But using audio dramas delivered on WhatsApp to explicitly address falsehoods could help Africa tackle this scourge, a study suggests.

24 Nov 2021

Healthcare workers at increased SARS-CoV-2 infection risk during second wave

A new study evaluates the SARS-CoV-2 infection rates among healthcare workers during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

24 Nov 2021

Antibody persistence in infants after maternal COVID-19 vaccination

New research finds COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy results in significantly greater antibody persistence in the infants compared to natural infection of the mothers during pregnancy.

24 Nov 2021

Florida Sen. Rick Scott off base in claim that rise in Medicare premiums is due to inflation

Republicans blame President Joe Biden for this year's historic surge in inflation, reflected in higher prices for almost everything — from cars and gas to food and housing.

24 Nov 2021

Bat coronavirus ecology, evolution, and spillover

In a review published in Nature Reviews Microbiology, the authors collate information about the ecology and evolution of bat coronaviruses.

24 Nov 2021

Markers of SARS-CoV-2 shedding in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals

The study uses serial mid-turbinate nasal specimens collected from a subset of incarcerated persons infected during this outbreak.

24 Nov 2021

Spread and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineages with possible recombination events

Researchers examined the dissemination and evolution of four SARS-CoV-2 lineages as well as the potential that one or more recombination events played a role in their evolution.

24 Nov 2021

Estimation of the SARS-CoV-2 infectious period

A new study focused on estimating the temporal dynamics of transmissibility of infected cases in the absence of intervention measures (unmitigated generation interval).

24 Nov 2021

Relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions led to the reemergence of seasonal respiratory viruses in Houston

A Houston Methodist study showed a rapid return of seasonal respiratory viruses after COVID-19 restrictions were relaxed in Texas, demonstrating the effectiveness of masking, distancing and other precautionary measures at stopping the spread of many respiratory illnesses, not just COVID-19.

24 Nov 2021

Limited immune responses three months after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination among elderly

In this study, published on the medRxiv* preprint server, the humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 was assessed before and after three months of administration of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech). In addition, elders' humoral responses were compared to those of a younger group, and a functional neutralization experiment against the Wuhan-Hu-1 (WH1) virus and the Delta variant was carried out.

23 Nov 2021

A novel reverse epitope discovery approach to characterize SARS-CoV-2 public CD4+ αβ T cell clonotypes

A new study, published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, has focused on public clonotypes, i.e., clones found in multiple individuals, for the development of a novel reverse epitope discovery technique. This technique holds greater potential for population-wide applications.

23 Nov 2021

Mouthwash containing an antiviral phthalocyanine derivative shortens hospitalizations due to COVID-19

In a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a research group from Brazil showed how antiviral anionic phthalocyanine derivative used in a mouthwash protocol may not only reduce the symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but also hamper the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

23 Nov 2021

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Scientists now close to eliminating mother-baby HIV transmission, says leading researcher

Can dexamethasone reduce prolonged COVID-19 symptoms?

Trust increases adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions that curb COVID-19

Births and deaths need to be accurately registered in Asia Pacific countries

Decline in CT imaging during the pandemic may raise the possibility of poorer cancer outcomes

Directly addressing falsehoods could help debunk health misinformation

Healthcare workers at increased SARS-CoV-2 infection risk during second wave

Antibody persistence in infants after maternal COVID-19 vaccination

Florida Sen. Rick Scott off base in claim that rise in Medicare premiums is due to inflation

Bat coronavirus ecology, evolution, and spillover

Markers of SARS-CoV-2 shedding in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals

Spread and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineages with possible recombination events

Estimation of the SARS-CoV-2 infectious period

Relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions led to the reemergence of seasonal respiratory viruses in Houston

Limited immune responses three months after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination among elderly

A novel reverse epitope discovery approach to characterize SARS-CoV-2 public CD4+ αβ T cell clonotypes

Mouthwash containing an antiviral phthalocyanine derivative shortens hospitalizations due to COVID-19

Oral Hsp90 inhibitor SNX-5422 interferes with replication machinery of SARS-CoV-2

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