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As patients fell ill with covid inside hospitals, government oversight fell short

One by one, the nurses taking care of actress Judi Evans at Riverside Community Hospital kept calling out sick.

23 Dec 2021

Risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 by workplace and trade

Researchers investigate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure to people in workplaces across different occupations over time.

21 Dec 2021

2020 List of 100+ Outstanding Women Nurses and Midwives unveiled

To mark the end of the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we are honored to unveil the 2020 List of 100+ Outstanding Women Nurses and Midwives.

20 Dec 2021

WHO and UNICEF warn about the lack of basic water services in health care facilities

Around 1.8 billion people are at heightened risk of COVID-19 and other diseases because they use or work in health care facilities without basic water services, warn WHO and UNICEF.

14 Dec 2021

Surgery rates in U.S. hospitals bounced back to normal after initial COVID-19 shutdown

Stanford Medicine researchers found that after the March 2020 COVID-19 shutdown, nonurgent surgery rates dropped, but within months they bounced back and remained at pre-pandemic levels, even as coronavirus infections peaked during the fall and winter of 2020.

13 Dec 2021

Additional support offered to the social care sector to protect people from Omicron variant

Additional support is being offered to the social care sector as part of a package of new measures to protect people from the spread of the Omicron variant.

12 Dec 2021

Challenges of bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic

A new study aims to generate an understanding of the overall challenges that the people experiencing bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic face.

9 Dec 2021

Never mind toys, it’s time to ask Santa for crutches and catheters

America's hospitals, strained by nearly two years of fighting the covid-19 pandemic, are now scrounging for basic medical supplies.

9 Dec 2021

Impact of infection control measures and vaccines in protecting healthcare workers from COVID-19

New study findings highlight the importance of COVID-19 vaccination in reducing the risk of infection among healthcare workers.

7 Dec 2021

Risk factors for COVID-19 among US healthcare workers

Researchers from the CDC have investigated the risk posed to healthcare workers and which factors are most likely to lead to infection.

7 Dec 2021

Lessons learnt from the pandemic: Nurse-scientists share strategies for expanding capacity and staffing

Since March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has put an unprecedented strain on the American health care system as large surges of intensive care unit patients overwhelmed hospitals.

30 Nov 2021

Using metal nanoparticles to fight SARS-CoV-2

A recent review article looks at the potential of nanotechnology in fighting severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with several possibilities of strategies in therapeutics, vaccines, and prevention.

25 Nov 2021

Adoption of a robust approach to minimize disease transmission between humans and wild animals

The threat of disease transmission from conservationists moving wild animals between habitats or back into the wild needs to be urgently assessed to minimize risk.

25 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

Ground-breaking new book aims to improve patient care by widening awareness of spirituality

Improving patient care by widening awareness of spirituality for health and social care clinicians is at the heart of a ground-breaking new book from the University of Huddersfield’s Professor Melanie Rogers.

23 Nov 2021

Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing COVID-19 incidence

A new review suggests public health measures such as mask-wearing, universal lockdowns, and temporary shutdowns of businesses and schools helped prevent further SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

23 Nov 2021

Impact of ultraviolet disinfection on nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases

A new review article determines the role of UV disinfection for nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

22 Nov 2021

Efficacy of UVC light prototype devices for inactivating SARS-CoV-2

Researchers examined the efficacy of UVC light prototype devices to understand the duration and wavelength of UVC radiation needed for SARS-CoV-2 inactivation.

17 Nov 2021

Air filtration device removes almost all traces of airborne SARS-CoV-2

When a team of doctors, scientists and engineers at Addenbrooke's Hospital and the University of Cambridge placed an air filtration machine in COVID-19 wards, they found that it removed almost all traces of airborne SARS-CoV-2.

16 Nov 2021

Diagnostic sensitivity, viral load and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in paired respiratory and oral samples

To understand the viral load in different sections of infected individuals, their respective shedding patterns, and the sensitivity of the SARS-CoV-2 assays, researchers published a study.