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‘We sent a terrible message’: Scientists say Biden jumped the gun with vaccine booster plan

The Biden administration's plans to make covid-19 booster shots available next month has drawn a collective scream of protest from the scientific community.

20 Aug 2021

School or ‘Russian roulette’? Amid delta variant and lax mask rules, some parents see no difference

The child had just started kindergarten. Or, as her mother called it, "Russian roulette." That’s because her school district in Grand Junction, Colorado, experienced one of the nation's first delta-variant outbreaks last spring, and now school officials have loosened the rules meant to protect against covid-19.

20 Aug 2021

After pandemic ravaged nursing homes, new state laws protect residents

When the coronavirus hit Martha Leland's Connecticut nursing home last year, she and dozens of other residents contracted the disease while the facility was on lockdown. Twenty-eight residents died, including her roommate.

20 Aug 2021

Low-cost point of emission air purifiers can reduce airborne transmission of pathogens, says study

In a study conducted at the Monash University, Australia, scientists have examined the efficacy of portable air purifiers combined with a hood in reducing virus aerosol transmission and protecting healthcare workers from workplace contamination. The study is currently available on the medRxiv* preprint server.

20 Aug 2021

Biden’s no-jab-no-job order creates quandary for nursing homes

President Joe Biden's edict that nursing homes must ensure their workers are vaccinated against covid-19 presents a challenge for an industry struggling to entice its lowest-paid workers to get shots without driving them to seek employment elsewhere.

20 Aug 2021

Study describes associations between gender-affirming hormone therapy and body weight changes

Gender-affirming hormone therapy is the bedrock of medical therapy for many transgender and gender diverse individuals. Some adult transgender individuals decide with their health care provider to start hormone therapy – testosterone for transmasculine people and generally a combination of estrogen and antiandrogens for transfeminine people – specifically for the physical and psychological effects these hormones produce, including changes to the voice, skin, facial and body hair and body composition. However, in the context of the global obesity epidemic, little is known about obesity rates and weight changes in adults treated with gender-affirming hormone therapy.

20 Aug 2021

Study finds disparities in COVID-19 infection, mortality rates among Orange County residents

Socioeconomic, geographic and demographic factors all played critical roles in the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 mortality among Orange County residents last year, according to a study led by the University of California, Irvine.

20 Aug 2021

Vaccine quickly reduced COVID-19 infections among health care workers

A UC Davis Health retrospective study published recently in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology shows how quickly COVID-19 infections were reduced among health care workers when vaccines were first distributed late last year.

19 Aug 2021

Two key brain functions may improve during aging

It's long been believed that advancing age leads to broad declines in our mental abilities. Now new research from Georgetown University Medical Center offers surprisingly good news by countering this view.

19 Aug 2021

New AHA Presidential Advisory addresses opioid use and its effects on heart and brain health

The misuse of opioids in the United States continues to lead to high rates of dependency as well as a staggering number of deaths due to overdose.

19 Aug 2021

To stoke rural vaccination rates, trusted farmers are asked to spread word

When he became eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in Illinois, Tom Arnold, 68, said he didn’t need any convincing. He raises cattle, hogs and chickens in Elizabeth, a small town in the state's northwestern corner.

19 Aug 2021

If the unvaccinated want to work, they face a series of hurdles

With the delta variant surging, a growing number of employers are tiring of merely cajoling workers to get vaccinated against covid-19 and are following President Joe Biden's protocol for federal workers: Either show proof of vaccination, or mask up and get regular testing if you want to work on-site.

19 Aug 2021

Covid politics and fatigue work against contact-tracing foot soldiers

Health departments nationwide scaled back their contact tracing in late spring or early summer when covid-19 cases started to decrease as vaccination efforts took center stage.

19 Aug 2021

Prostate cancer survivors have persistent fear of cancer recurrence, study reveals

A recent study reveals that some prostate cancer survivors have a persistent fear of cancer recurrence even many years after diagnosis and treatment.

19 Aug 2021

UT Health San Antonio professors urge uplifting US Latinos from obscurity to the forefront of health care

It is essential to lift the nation's Latino population from obscurity to the forefront of health care, public health intervention and societal presence, three professors from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio argue in a powerful commentary published Aug. 17 by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

19 Aug 2021

Health Care News and Research

‘We sent a terrible message’: Scientists say Biden jumped the gun with vaccine booster plan

School or ‘Russian roulette’? Amid delta variant and lax mask rules, some parents see no difference

After pandemic ravaged nursing homes, new state laws protect residents

Low-cost point of emission air purifiers can reduce airborne transmission of pathogens, says study

Biden’s no-jab-no-job order creates quandary for nursing homes

Study describes associations between gender-affirming hormone therapy and body weight changes

Study finds disparities in COVID-19 infection, mortality rates among Orange County residents

Vaccine quickly reduced COVID-19 infections among health care workers

Two key brain functions may improve during aging

New AHA Presidential Advisory addresses opioid use and its effects on heart and brain health

To stoke rural vaccination rates, trusted farmers are asked to spread word

If the unvaccinated want to work, they face a series of hurdles

Covid politics and fatigue work against contact-tracing foot soldiers

Prostate cancer survivors have persistent fear of cancer recurrence, study reveals

UT Health San Antonio professors urge uplifting US Latinos from obscurity to the forefront of health care

Early COVID-19 vaccine campaign averted nearly 140,000 deaths in the U.S.

HHS public health and medical experts release joint statement on COVID-19 booster shots for Americans

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HHS public health and medical experts release statement on plan for COVID-19 booster shots

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