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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.

Kids misusing soft drinks to corrupt SARS-CoV-2 tests

A group of collaborating researchers systematically tested a variety of different soft drinks to determine their ability to create false-positive results.

8 Jul 2021

Researchers uncover genetic markers associated with COVID-19 infection risk and severity

An international collaboration uncovers several genetic markers associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity.

8 Jul 2021

Study investigates long-term sequelae of COVID-19 in hospitalized children

Researchers from ISARIC (International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium) pediatric Long Covid working group in the UK, Sechenov University and Z.A. Bashlyaeva Children's Municipal Clinical Hospital in Russia ran the largest study to date on children hospitalized with COVID-19.

8 Jul 2021

Physical fitness at a young age linked to protection against severe COVID-19

Of the Swedish men in their late teens who performed well in the physical fitness tests for military conscription, a relatively high proportion were able to avoid hospital care when they became infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic up to 50 years later.

8 Jul 2021

Repurposed drugs for COVID-19 treatment identified through virtual screening and cell-based assays

A joint research group from KAIST and Institut Pasteur Korea has identified repurposed drugs for COVID-19 treatment through virtual screening and cell-based assays.

8 Jul 2021

A type of echocardiogram may predict COVID-19 patients most at risk of developing atrial fibrillation

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that a type of echocardiogram, a common test to evaluate whether a person's heart is pumping properly, may be useful in predicting which patients with COVID-19 are most at risk of developing atrial fibrillation - an irregular heartbeat that can increase a person's risk for heart failure and stroke, among other heart issues.

8 Jul 2021

Study examines children's emotional wellbeing throughout COVID-19 pandemic

A new study, released as a preprint on the medRxiv* server, reports the effects of such limited interactions on the emotional health of very young children, as reported by closely involved parents.

8 Jul 2021

How women in England faced childbirth in the COVID-19 pandemic

Pregnant women have suffered considerable uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only were the effects of the virus on the baby unknown, but social restrictions in place threatened their ability to plan their delivery experience or have their birthing partners with them. This is the focus of a new paper, which illustrates the need to provide proper guidance and support to pregnant women during such periods, especially allowing them to feel supported and in control of their childbirth experience.

8 Jul 2021

Do lockdowns exert selection pressure on overdispersion of SARS-CoV-2 variants?

New research recently released on the medRxiv* preprint server describes a mathematical model that has been developed to evaluate competitions between variants that differ in their level of overdispersion (k) and their mean infectiousness.

8 Jul 2021

How do host factors like the lung microbiome aid in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection?

A new article has been published in Cellular and Molecular Lifesciences, which focuses on the connection between host factors and the worsening of the COVID-19. Further, the impact of the virus on the host’s microbiome and secondary infection has also been studied.

8 Jul 2021

Insight into the impact of physical activity on sleep

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis about the health problems linked to poor sleep.

8 Jul 2021

Using regular monitoring is most effective in limiting COVID-19 outbreaks in schools

Current methods of limiting the spread of COVID-19 infection in schools are unsuited for controlling outbreaks, with research indicating that regular monitoring measures may be better suited.

8 Jul 2021

Delta variant surges in Colorado as the bands play on

Dr. Rachel LaCount grasped a metal hoop at a playground and spun in circles with her 7-year-old son, turning the distant mesas of the Colorado National Monument into a red-tinged blur.

8 Jul 2021

Most inmates have had their covid shots — but their guards likely haven’t

When the number of covid-19 cases among inmates in Pennsylvania state prisons last fall topped 1,000 and staff cases hovered in the hundreds, the union representing 11,000 corrections officers began lobbying to get prison staffers to the front of the line for vaccinations.

8 Jul 2021

A family wellness check: California invests in treating parents and children together

When a parent takes an infant to the Children's Health Center in San Francisco for a routine checkup, a pediatrician will check the baby's vitals and ask how the child is doing at home.

8 Jul 2021

Success of COVID-19 lockdowns is much higher in developed countries

Lower awareness of COVID-19, poorer health and economic conditions could reduce the effectiveness of lockdowns in developing countries, according to researchers from The University of Western Australia.

8 Jul 2021

Women at higher risk of post-COVID-19 syndrome

To better understand post-COVID sequelae, researchers at the University Hospital Basel and the University Hospital Zurich conducted a multicentre prospective observational cohort study.

8 Jul 2021

Organizational readiness found to be main driver for good quality end-of-life care in hospitals

How prepared and engaged a hospital is to provide end-of-life care is pivotal to the quality of care provided, a new Flinders University study has found.

8 Jul 2021

DIY oxygen conversion unit could be a low-cost solution to fight COVID-19 in India

As COVID-19 continues to devastate much of India, a group of international researchers led by Monash University have developed an oxygen conversion unit that can be built from local materials, enabling doctors to provide life-saving oxygen treatment.

8 Jul 2021

Growing concern over SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant

A new report from Chile – currently available on the medRxiv* preprint server – reveals how mutations in the spike glycoprotein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Lambda variant can confer protection from neutralizing antibodies and increase viral infectivity rates, which means massive vaccination campaigns should be accompanied by strict genomic surveillance.

8 Jul 2021

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Kids misusing soft drinks to corrupt SARS-CoV-2 tests

Researchers uncover genetic markers associated with COVID-19 infection risk and severity

Study investigates long-term sequelae of COVID-19 in hospitalized children

Physical fitness at a young age linked to protection against severe COVID-19

Repurposed drugs for COVID-19 treatment identified through virtual screening and cell-based assays

A type of echocardiogram may predict COVID-19 patients most at risk of developing atrial fibrillation

Study examines children's emotional wellbeing throughout COVID-19 pandemic

How women in England faced childbirth in the COVID-19 pandemic

Do lockdowns exert selection pressure on overdispersion of SARS-CoV-2 variants?

How do host factors like the lung microbiome aid in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection?

Insight into the impact of physical activity on sleep

Using regular monitoring is most effective in limiting COVID-19 outbreaks in schools

Delta variant surges in Colorado as the bands play on

Most inmates have had their covid shots — but their guards likely haven’t

A family wellness check: California invests in treating parents and children together

Success of COVID-19 lockdowns is much higher in developed countries

Women at higher risk of post-COVID-19 syndrome

Organizational readiness found to be main driver for good quality end-of-life care in hospitals

DIY oxygen conversion unit could be a low-cost solution to fight COVID-19 in India

Growing concern over SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant

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