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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.

U.S. life expectancy may drop for the second year, minorities most affected

Scientists estimate the effect of the pandemic on life expectancy at birth, at 65 years overall, as well as for individual populations.

21 Oct 2021

Duke awarded NIAID funding to develop the next generation of pan-coronavirus vaccines

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded $17.5 million over three years to the Duke Human Vaccine Institute to develop a vaccine that protects against multiple types of coronaviruses and viral variants.

21 Oct 2021

DC’s Harllee Harper is using public health tools to prevent gun violence. Will it work?

After four people were murdered in one week in early September — all in the same Washington, D.C., neighborhood — residents made a plea for help.

21 Oct 2021

Antidepressant Prozac could offer the first treatment for atrophic macular degeneration

An antidepressant best known as Prozac could offer the first treatment for the leading cause of blindness among people over 50, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.

21 Oct 2021

Study: Covid-19 vaccine is over 90% effective at preventing deaths from Delta

Vaccination is over 90 per cent effective at preventing deaths from the Delta variant of Covid-19, according to the first country-level data on mortality.

21 Oct 2021

How has COVID-19 increased plastic pollution?

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Professor Yong Sik Ok about his latest research into COVID-19 and its impact on plastic pollution.

21 Oct 2021

The Yelp of covid: Vigilantes crowdsource pandemic safety tips for consumers

Melissa Lee had more to deal with than funeral planning when her husband, Dan Lee, died by suicide in January. She also was faced with continuing Dan's 1,400-member Facebook group, "Athens, GA Mask Grades 2.0," designed to help residents of Athens protect themselves from covid-19 by grading local businesses on their safety measures.

21 Oct 2021

Worn-out nurses hit the road for better pay, stressing hospital budgets — and morale

In parts of the country where covid-19 continues to fill hospitals, a rotating cast of traveling nurses helps keep intensive care units fully staffed. Hospitals have to pay handsomely to get that temporary help, and those higher wages are tempting some staff nurses to hit the road, too.

21 Oct 2021

Development of a plant-based platform for the production of SARS-CoV-2 antigen

Scientists have recently focused on the development of plant-based recombinant protein platforms.

21 Oct 2021

Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis

A new study has focused on the immune response in pwMS undergoing anti-CD20 treatment.

21 Oct 2021

Innovative method greatly simplifies the complexity of delivering vaccines

Future vaccine delivery may rely on everyday items like BBQ lighters and microneedles, thanks to the ingenuity of a team of Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University researchers.

21 Oct 2021

New system aims to maximize protection, minimize costs while planning epidemic interventions

A team of researchers has created a software system designed to model epidemics, with the aim of maximizing public-health protections while minimizing economic and social costs.

21 Oct 2021

Oxford vaccine trial participants believe the COVID-19 vaccine must be a shared global good

National pride in the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine does not outweigh desire for global greater good, suggests study with trial participants.

21 Oct 2021

Study explores cross-cultural differences in knowledge, attitude towards COVID-19

A study exploring cross-cultural differences in knowledge and attitudes towards COVID-19 reveals that people in Europe had the least knowledge of COVID-19 and lowest tendency to care about the coronavirus, while people in the United States had the lowest tendency to comply with public health restrictions.

20 Oct 2021

Broadly protective vaccines against coronaviruses needed to protect against future outbreaks

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the β-coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), alerted the world to the seriousness of the threat posed by novel viruses.

20 Oct 2021

How the public views COVID-19 vaccines via Twitter in the United States

A new study uses Twitter to examine public attitudes towards the vaccines developed to fight the COVID-19 in the United States.

20 Oct 2021

Public and environmental health effects of the pandemic revealed by chemical analyses of wastewater

When investigators analyzed primary sludge collected during the first wave of COVID-19 (March 19 to June 30, 2020) at a wastewater treatment plant in Connecticut, they found trends in the presence of chemicals that related directly to the pandemic - for example, hydroxychloroquine had elevated concentrations in the week following Emergency Use Authorization of the drug for the treatment of COVID-19.

20 Oct 2021

Researchers launch new project for improving the ability to predict, respond to future pandemics

A multidisciplinary national research team led by University of Utah Health scientists has launched a comprehensive review and analysis of data collected about COVID-19 in hopes of improving the nation’s ability to predict, detect, and respond to future pandemics.

20 Oct 2021

Children show lower seroconversion rates than adults with mild COVID-19

A new study finds that following mild COVID-19, children are more likely to remain seronegative than adults, irrespective of the viral load or symptom severity.

20 Oct 2021

New research on phagocytosis and SARS-CoV-2's spike protein

A new study showed that convalescent patient plasma and monoclonal anti-spike antibodies were able to induce phagocytosis at high antibody concentrations.

20 Oct 2021

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U.S. life expectancy may drop for the second year, minorities most affected

Duke awarded NIAID funding to develop the next generation of pan-coronavirus vaccines

DC’s Harllee Harper is using public health tools to prevent gun violence. Will it work?

Antidepressant Prozac could offer the first treatment for atrophic macular degeneration

Study: Covid-19 vaccine is over 90% effective at preventing deaths from Delta

How has COVID-19 increased plastic pollution?

The Yelp of covid: Vigilantes crowdsource pandemic safety tips for consumers

Worn-out nurses hit the road for better pay, stressing hospital budgets — and morale

Development of a plant-based platform for the production of SARS-CoV-2 antigen

Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis

Innovative method greatly simplifies the complexity of delivering vaccines

New system aims to maximize protection, minimize costs while planning epidemic interventions

Oxford vaccine trial participants believe the COVID-19 vaccine must be a shared global good

Study explores cross-cultural differences in knowledge, attitude towards COVID-19

Broadly protective vaccines against coronaviruses needed to protect against future outbreaks

How the public views COVID-19 vaccines via Twitter in the United States

Public and environmental health effects of the pandemic revealed by chemical analyses of wastewater

Researchers launch new project for improving the ability to predict, respond to future pandemics

Children show lower seroconversion rates than adults with mild COVID-19

New research on phagocytosis and SARS-CoV-2's spike protein

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