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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.

RUB expert explores why public-private partnerships are important for health policy

Governments often cooperate with private partners when it comes to international health policy. This approach makes sense, says Professor Markus Kaltenborn.

26 Oct 2021

NIH invests $74.5 million to advance data science research and spur health discoveries across Africa

The National Institutes of Health is investing about $74.5 million over five years to advance data science, catalyze innovation and spur health discoveries across Africa.

26 Oct 2021

Study finds potentially long-lasting impact of the pandemic on scientists

More than a year-and-a-half after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the scientific community is still feeling the effects of the vastly disruptive event -; and may for many years to come.

26 Oct 2021

RSH's social housing sector data shows the impact of the pandemic on stocks and rents

The Regulator of Social Housing today published statistics about the social housing sector for both private and local authority registered providers, including stock ownership and rents as at 31 March 2021.

26 Oct 2021

Study finds SARS-CoV-2 infection is proportional to cell surface ACE2 levels

Researchers from Oregon State University have developed a system to assess the ability of SARS-CoV-2 to bind to ACE2 orthologs.

26 Oct 2021

Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination amongst essential workers

A new study has addressed these gaps in knowledge regarding the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among essential workers.

26 Oct 2021

Understaffed state psychiatric facilities leave mental health patients in limbo

Many patients dealing with mental health crises are having to wait several days in an ER until a bed becomes available at one of Georgia's five state psychiatric hospitals, as public facilities nationwide feel the pinch of the pandemic.

26 Oct 2021

Direct primary care, with a touch of Robin Hood

Britta Foster and Minerva Tiznado are in different leagues as far as health care is concerned.

26 Oct 2021

Evaluation of COVID-19 infection risk during US spring semester in-person teaching

The main objective of the study was to determine the rates of in-person schooling and understand the school-based mitigation measures that were modified over the semester.

26 Oct 2021

High and increasing SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence amongst school-aged children in England

The latest round of the REACT-1 study indicates SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread among children.

26 Oct 2021

Study identifies how cancer cells transform macrophages into supporters of their growth

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a means by which cancer cells engineer the conversion of immune cells known as macrophages from destroyers of tumors to supporters of their growth and survival.

26 Oct 2021

Sexually dimorphic placental antibody transfer during SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a paper recently published in the journal Science Translational Medicine by Bordt et al. (October 19th, 2021), maternal SARS-CoV-2 infections are studied with particular regard to maternal-fetal antibody transfer and virus-induced placental interferon responses, finding a sexually dimorphic response that results in lesser antibody transfer to the male fetus.

26 Oct 2021

Researchers reveal mechanism which allows antibiotics like penicillin to kill MRSA

The mechanism which allows β-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin, to kill MRSA has been revealed for the first time.

25 Oct 2021

Water and surface surveillance can detect 93% of school-based COVID-19 cases

A new study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server explores environmental surveillance of elementary school settings for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) through wastewater and surface samples monitoring. The researchers demonstrated that 93% of the COVID-19 cases in public elementary schools could be identified using this method.

25 Oct 2021

N501Y mutation in SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is key to breakthrough infections

A study in the Philadelphia area found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants evolve to become more contagious and resistant to COVID-19 vaccines. In addition, depending on the sublineage, SARS-CoV-2 variants such as the Delta variant led to a three-fold increased risk for vaccine breakthrough cases.

25 Oct 2021

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RUB expert explores why public-private partnerships are important for health policy

NIH invests $74.5 million to advance data science research and spur health discoveries across Africa

Study finds potentially long-lasting impact of the pandemic on scientists

RSH's social housing sector data shows the impact of the pandemic on stocks and rents

Study finds SARS-CoV-2 infection is proportional to cell surface ACE2 levels

Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination amongst essential workers

Understaffed state psychiatric facilities leave mental health patients in limbo

Direct primary care, with a touch of Robin Hood

Evaluation of COVID-19 infection risk during US spring semester in-person teaching

High and increasing SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence amongst school-aged children in England

Study identifies how cancer cells transform macrophages into supporters of their growth

Sexually dimorphic placental antibody transfer during SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers reveal mechanism which allows antibiotics like penicillin to kill MRSA

Water and surface surveillance can detect 93% of school-based COVID-19 cases

N501Y mutation in SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is key to breakthrough infections

COVID-19's impact on excess mortality in 2020 varied widely across Europe

Regulating blood insulin levels in obese, diabetic patients may help reduce COVID-19 risk

Can targeting autophagy become a new approach to COVID-19 treatment?

Deployment of UK's Emergency Medical Team in Papua New Guinea will help save lives

Eligible travelers to England can now take a cheaper lateral flow test

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