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New passive air sampler clip can help assess personal exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Masks, social distancing, proper hygiene and ventilation can help reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in public places, but even with these measures, scientists have detected airborne SARS-CoV-2 in indoor settings.

11 Jan 2022

Real-world effectiveness of three COVID-19 vaccines

Researchers from IQVIA Real-World Solutions have investigated how effective these vaccines are against severe disease.

11 Jan 2022

Surveying communities may be a useful tool for predicting COVID-19 case trajectories

The public's willingness to comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations correlates with COVID-19 case projections in zip codes where those surveyed about their intended behaviors live, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

10 Jan 2022

Black-owned hospice seeks to bring greater ease in dying to Black families

This time, it didn’t take much persuading for Mary Murphy to embrace home hospice. When her mother was dying from Alzheimer’s disease in 2020, she had been reluctant until she saw what a help it was. So when her husband, Willie, neared the end of his life, she embraced hospice again.

10 Jan 2022

ED visits for pediatric poisonings increased nine times following cannabis legalization

Ontario saw nine times more emergency department (ED) visits per month for cannabis poisonings in young children under the age of 10 after Canada legalized recreational cannabis, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

7 Jan 2022

Small cluster of neurons in the brain stem found to coordinate vocalization with breathing

The vocal sounds of humans - laughing, crying, and the babbling of babies - have the same rhythmic quality as the sounds made by many mammals, songbirds, and even some species of fish.

7 Jan 2022

Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 in children

These findings bear out earlier reports that COVID-19 is less frequent and severe in children than adults.

7 Jan 2022

Association of obstructive sleep apnea with hospitalization due to COVID-19

Researchers report that OSA is an independent risk factor for severe COVID-19.

7 Jan 2022

New study strengthens the link between sleep-disordered breathing and gestational diabetes

Sleep-disordered breathing in early pregnancy is associated with insulin resistance or difficulty clearing glucose from the blood, suggests a small study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

6 Jan 2022

A new paradigm is needed: Top experts question the value of advance care planning

For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming terminally ill — living wills, do-not-resuscitate orders, and other written materials expressing treatment preferences.

6 Jan 2022

Study offers more insight into respiratory event-related sleep fragmentation and OSA severity

Obstructive sleep apnea is a common breathing disorder causing excessive daytime sleepiness and increasing the risk for cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and stroke.

4 Jan 2022

Exercise performance in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2

A cross-sectional report from Israel demonstrated the protective effect of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine (Pfizer–BioNTech) even after mild to moderate COVID-19).

4 Jan 2022

COVID-19 vaccine appears safe in children aged 5–11 Years

A new report notes menial or nil severe adverse events from vaccination against COVID-19 in children and therefore recommends COVID-19 vaccination among children aged 5-11 years old.

31 Dec 2021

Johns Hopkins Medicine urges people seeking COVID-19 testing not to enter emergency rooms

As the omicron variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus quickly spreads throughout the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., region, Johns Hopkins Medicine reminds those seeking COVID-19 testing that emergency rooms are for emergencies only.

30 Dec 2021

Coinfection of SARS-CoV-2 and human rhinovirus associated with more severe health outcomes

Researchers discuss the incidence and effect of coinfections with SARS-CoV-2 and human rhinovirus.

23 Dec 2021

Pediatric hospital admissions rise with omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant

A new study examines the impact of the Omicron variant on hospitalizations among children in South Africa.

23 Dec 2021

Brown anole lizard helps solve breathing problems with ultimate simplicity

When it comes to studying lungs, humans take up all the air, but it turns out scientists have a lot to learn from lizards.

22 Dec 2021

3D-printed tracheal replacement splint offers hope for treating rare developmental abnormality

Ramiah Martin isn't like other little girls, and that's perfectly fine with her mother. "She is nothing short of a miracle," Leanne Martin said of her daughter, who was facing long odds before her birth in December 2017, after being diagnosed with heart problems during a prenatal ultrasound.

21 Dec 2021

Measuring airway inflammation when diagnosing and treating asthma patients

In this interview, Carol Stonham, the head of a Locality Based FeNO referral service, talks to NewsMed about measuring airway inflammation when diagnosing and treating asthma patients.

From Bedfont® Scientific Ltd 21 Dec 2021

Dreaded microbe can silence multiple types of pain, study suggests

Anthrax has a scary reputation. Widely known to cause serious lung infections in humans and unsightly, albeit painless, skin lesions in livestock and people, the anthrax bacterium has even been used as a weapon of terror.

20 Dec 2021

Breathing News and Research

New passive air sampler clip can help assess personal exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Real-world effectiveness of three COVID-19 vaccines

Surveying communities may be a useful tool for predicting COVID-19 case trajectories

Black-owned hospice seeks to bring greater ease in dying to Black families

ED visits for pediatric poisonings increased nine times following cannabis legalization

Small cluster of neurons in the brain stem found to coordinate vocalization with breathing

Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 in children

Association of obstructive sleep apnea with hospitalization due to COVID-19

New study strengthens the link between sleep-disordered breathing and gestational diabetes

A new paradigm is needed: Top experts question the value of advance care planning

Study offers more insight into respiratory event-related sleep fragmentation and OSA severity

Exercise performance in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19 vaccine appears safe in children aged 5–11 Years

Johns Hopkins Medicine urges people seeking COVID-19 testing not to enter emergency rooms

Coinfection of SARS-CoV-2 and human rhinovirus associated with more severe health outcomes

Pediatric hospital admissions rise with omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant

Brown anole lizard helps solve breathing problems with ultimate simplicity

3D-printed tracheal replacement splint offers hope for treating rare developmental abnormality

Measuring airway inflammation when diagnosing and treating asthma patients

Dreaded microbe can silence multiple types of pain, study suggests

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Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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