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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.

Kingston University's social care students given opportunity to support people with dementia

Kingston University has launched a project to give health and social care students the opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge by supporting people living with dementia.

20 Jan 2022

SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections elicit potent neutralizing antibody responses

A recent study looked at the strength, durability and breadth of neutralizing antibody responses generated by breakthrough infections in individuals vaccinated against SARS-CoV2.

20 Jan 2022

Biden administration’s rapid-test rollout doesn’t easily reach those who need it most

In the past week, the Biden administration launched two programs that aim to get rapid covid tests into the hands of every American. But the design of both efforts disadvantages people who already face the greatest barriers to testing.

20 Jan 2022

Scientists explore the possibility of Omicron ending the COVID-19 pandemic

A new analysis parses out what scientists currently know about the Delta variant and predicts what the end of the COVID-19 pandemic might look like.

20 Jan 2022

New cryo-EM method may be able to shortcut a big step in modern vaccine development

Scientists at Scripps Research have devised a method that may be able to shortcut one of the big steps in modern vaccine development.

20 Jan 2022

RASCL: new analytic pipeline for investigating selective forces acting on viral genes in SARS-CoV-2 sequences

A study revealed a new analytical pipeline to assess the clades of SARS-CoV-2 by molecular sequence analysis.

20 Jan 2022

Determining COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among health care workers in Wales

A new study revealed an overall high vaccine uptake and significant vaccine effectiveness of BNT162b2 against COVID-19, among healthcare workers in Wales.

20 Jan 2022

Natural extracellular vesicles containing ACE2 protein could fight new SARS-CoV-2 variants

Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Northwestern Medicine have identified natural extracellular vesicles containing the ACE2 protein (evACE2) in the blood of COVID-19 patients that can block infection from broad strains of SARS-CoV-2 virus in preclinical studies. The study was published today in Nature Communications.

20 Jan 2022

Prospective of graphene and graphene-based derivatives to combat SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers explored the utilities of graphene and its derivatives in combating SARS-CoV-2, highlighting its applications in the biomedical domain.

20 Jan 2022

Development of a glycoprotein multi-epitope subunit vaccine candidate against South-African SARS-CoV-2 strains

In a new study, scientists focused on the SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant and used computational methods to design and develop effective glycoprotein multi-epitope subunit vaccine candidates, based on the old and the new Beta virus strains.

20 Jan 2022

Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and infection risk in healthcare workers following mRNA vaccination

A new study aimed to understand the risk of COVID-19 infection given certain serological parameters, in a group of vaccinated healthcare workers with high rates of exposure to the virus, followed up at 9 months from vaccination.

20 Jan 2022

‘Heart’ of Little Shell: Newest federally recognized tribe to open first clinic

Louella Fredrickson has long created workarounds to fill gaps in the spotty medical care available to her as a member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana.

20 Jan 2022

Wildfires and omicron prompt a special health insurance enrollment period in Colorado

A wildfire displaced thousands of Coloradans just as the omicron surge began sweeping through the state, so health insurance was likely not on many people's minds when the regular enrollment period for the state's health insurance marketplace ended Jan. 15.

20 Jan 2022

Families complain as states require covid testing for nursing home visits

As covid-19 cases rise again in nursing homes, a few states have begun requiring visitors to present proof that they're not infected before entering facilities, stoking frustration and dismay among family members.

20 Jan 2022

Recombinant bat coronavirus reported in wide-ranging Cambodian bat

A new study reports on the detection of recombinant coronaviruses in several bat species in Cambodia and of a related species in China.

20 Jan 2022

Exploring the potential utility of calcium channel inhibitors in SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a new study, researchers discuss the role of calcium signaling pathways as targets of inhibition in potential new antiviral therapeutic pathways for SARS-CoV-2.

20 Jan 2022

The effect of different heterologous vaccination intervention strategies on the winter 2020 COVID-19 wave in the US

Researchers demonstrated the effect of different heterologous vaccine interventions on COVID-19 caseloads, hospitalization, and mortality in the US.

20 Jan 2022

A novel assay for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants

A new study discusses a new assay method designed by researchers to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants.

20 Jan 2022

Chatbot helped improve the health of patients whose joint replacement surgeries got delayed by COVID-19

When patients' hip or knee replacements were delayed in response to COVID-19 surges, chatbots delivering encouraging messages not only benefited the mental health of patients – they also experienced boosts to their physical health, too.

20 Jan 2022

Females more prone to long-term post-COVID-19 symptoms

In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, researchers described the results of a multi-center study (LONG-COVID-EXP-CM) that investigated sex differences in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related symptoms and long-term post-COVID-19 symptoms in a group of previously hospitalized COVID-19 survivors in a large Spanish population.

19 Jan 2022

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Kingston University's social care students given opportunity to support people with dementia

SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections elicit potent neutralizing antibody responses

Biden administration’s rapid-test rollout doesn’t easily reach those who need it most

Scientists explore the possibility of Omicron ending the COVID-19 pandemic

New cryo-EM method may be able to shortcut a big step in modern vaccine development

RASCL: new analytic pipeline for investigating selective forces acting on viral genes in SARS-CoV-2 sequences

Determining COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among health care workers in Wales

Natural extracellular vesicles containing ACE2 protein could fight new SARS-CoV-2 variants

Prospective of graphene and graphene-based derivatives to combat SARS-CoV-2 infection

Development of a glycoprotein multi-epitope subunit vaccine candidate against South-African SARS-CoV-2 strains

Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and infection risk in healthcare workers following mRNA vaccination

‘Heart’ of Little Shell: Newest federally recognized tribe to open first clinic

Wildfires and omicron prompt a special health insurance enrollment period in Colorado

Families complain as states require covid testing for nursing home visits

Recombinant bat coronavirus reported in wide-ranging Cambodian bat

Exploring the potential utility of calcium channel inhibitors in SARS-CoV-2 infection

The effect of different heterologous vaccination intervention strategies on the winter 2020 COVID-19 wave in the US

A novel assay for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Chatbot helped improve the health of patients whose joint replacement surgeries got delayed by COVID-19

Females more prone to long-term post-COVID-19 symptoms

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