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Black psychiatric patients more likely to be chemically sedated in the EDs than white counterparts

Black patients presenting at Emergency Departments (EDs) across the country with psychiatric complaints are 63 percent more likely to be chemically sedated than their white counterparts.

5 Apr 2022

Swedish HCW study shows COVID booster shots have limited effect on Omicron

Researchers examine emerging infections in healthcare workers who received the booster vaccination either with or without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection.

5 Apr 2022

Health and Social Care Levy to raise billions to tackle Covid backlogs and reform adult social care

From Wednesday 6 April, the Health and Social Care Levy will come into effect and begin to raise billions to help tackle the Covid backlogs and reform the adult social care system.

5 Apr 2022

Sugary and high glycemic load foods may influence poor oral health

The foods we eat on a regular basis influence the makeup of the bacteria - both good and bad - in our mouths.

5 Apr 2022

Powerful testimonial videos address vaccine hesitancy among new and expectant mothers

The New York Vaccine Literacy Campaign at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy has collaborated with Health Leads to produce a series of powerful testimonial videos featuring three new mothers sharing why they got the COVID-19 vaccine.

5 Apr 2022

UGA researchers track chatbot use for public health response activities during the pandemic

If you've been to a clinic for a vaccine or COVID test during the past two years, you've likely interacted with a chatbot. Chatbots are computer programs designed to simulate conversation with human users.

5 Apr 2022

EMA issues qualification opinion for islet autoantibodies as enrichment biomarkers for T1D prevention trials

Critical Path Institute's Type 1 Diabetes Consortium (T1DC) today announced that the European Medicines Agency has issued a positive qualification opinion for pancreatic islet autoantibodies as enrichment biomarkers for type 1 diabetes (T1D) prevention trials.

5 Apr 2022

Childhood glaucoma poses significant threat to caregiver’s quality of life

Even with more advanced treatments and early intervention, caregivers of young people living with childhood glaucoma face profound challenges with no cure or way to reverse the damage - and always facing the prospect of their child losing their sight.

5 Apr 2022

Barriers to comprehensive abortion education in UK medical schools

UK medical students are missing out on comprehensive abortion care education, amid highly variable curriculum provision and multiple barriers to effective teaching cited by their educators, finds research published online in BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health.

5 Apr 2022

NYU Langone Health launches new program to address hearing loss among low-income immigrants

In the United States, 5 out of every 1,000 children experience hearing loss. After accounting for immigrant children from Mexico and China, that figure increases by at least 7.5 percent. Hearing loss affects a child's quality of life and can delay their ability to learn a language, perform well in school, and socialize with peers.

5 Apr 2022

Difficult experiences in childhood influence vaccine resistance in adulthood

Curious about why some people have been so passionately, often angrily, opposed to vaccination against the COVID-19 virus, a team of researchers with access to rare and unusual insights into the childhood forces that shape our adult lives thought they'd try to find out.

5 Apr 2022

More than a quarter of participants contaminated salad with raw poultry in a food safety study

In a study aimed at assessing the impact of washing poultry on kitchen contamination, researchers found that more than a quarter of study participants contaminated salad with raw poultry – including many study participants who did not wash the poultry.

5 Apr 2022

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron breakthrough infections induce antibodies with cross-variant neutralization potential and recall memory B cells

Researchers reported breakthrough infections by SARS-CoV-2’s new variant of concern, Omicron, that elicited broadly cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies in the BNT162b2-vaccinated individuals.

5 Apr 2022

Pre-existing memory B cell dynamics during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron breakthrough infection

A new study analyzed the recall of pre-existent cross-reactive memory B cells upon the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron breakthrough infections.

5 Apr 2022

International report offers recommendations to reduce school-related sedentary behavior in children

An international report with recommendations designed to counteract school-related sedentary behaviour in children and youth, exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, has been released by the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN), in partnership with the University of Prince Edward Island and the CHEO Research Institute.

5 Apr 2022

Study explores long-lasting psychological implications of long COVID

Researchers evaluated the long-standing psychological manifestations of long coronavirus disease (long COVID).

5 Apr 2022

Investigating extensive SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing immunoglobulins from COVID-19 recovered subjects

A new study discovered immunoglobulins with powerful broad-acting neutralizing capacity against SARS-CoV-2 from SARS-CoV-2 convalescents.

5 Apr 2022

“MixOmicron” SARS-CoV-2 recombinant evades variant screening

A new study describes a new variant that resembles the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.21 for the most part but has a small segment at the 3’ tip that belongs to the BA.1 variant.

5 Apr 2022

Why nurses are raging and quitting after the Radonda Vaught verdict

Emma Moore felt cornered. At a community health clinic in Portland, Oregon, the 29-year-old nurse practitioner said she felt overwhelmed and undertrained. Coronavirus patients flooded the clinic for two years, and Moore struggled to keep up.

5 Apr 2022

Tech glitches at one VA Site raise concerns about a nationwide rollout

Spokane, Washington, was supposed to be the center of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ tech reinvention, the first site in the agency's decade-long project to change its medical records software. But one morning in early March, the latest system malfunction made some clinicians snap.

5 Apr 2022

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Black psychiatric patients more likely to be chemically sedated in the EDs than white counterparts

Swedish HCW study shows COVID booster shots have limited effect on Omicron

Health and Social Care Levy to raise billions to tackle Covid backlogs and reform adult social care

Sugary and high glycemic load foods may influence poor oral health

Powerful testimonial videos address vaccine hesitancy among new and expectant mothers

UGA researchers track chatbot use for public health response activities during the pandemic

EMA issues qualification opinion for islet autoantibodies as enrichment biomarkers for T1D prevention trials

Childhood glaucoma poses significant threat to caregiver’s quality of life

Barriers to comprehensive abortion education in UK medical schools

NYU Langone Health launches new program to address hearing loss among low-income immigrants

Difficult experiences in childhood influence vaccine resistance in adulthood

More than a quarter of participants contaminated salad with raw poultry in a food safety study

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron breakthrough infections induce antibodies with cross-variant neutralization potential and recall memory B cells

Pre-existing memory B cell dynamics during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron breakthrough infection

International report offers recommendations to reduce school-related sedentary behavior in children

Study explores long-lasting psychological implications of long COVID

Investigating extensive SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing immunoglobulins from COVID-19 recovered subjects

“MixOmicron” SARS-CoV-2 recombinant evades variant screening

Why nurses are raging and quitting after the Radonda Vaught verdict

Tech glitches at one VA Site raise concerns about a nationwide rollout

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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