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Effectiveness of Australian COVID-19 contract tracing app

Researchers published a report wherein they evaluated the effectiveness and usefulness of ‘COVIDSafe'.

23 Nov 2021

Etching the pain of covid into the flesh of survivors

It was Saturday morning at Southbay Tattoo and Body Piercing in Carson, California, and owner Efrain Espinoza Diaz Jr. was prepping for his first tattoo of the day — a memorial portrait of a man that his widow wanted on her forearm.

23 Nov 2021

When the eye on older patients is a camera

In the middle of a rainy Michigan night, 88-year-old Dian Wurdock walked out the front door of her son's home in Grand Rapids, barefoot and coatless. Her destination was unknown even to herself.

23 Nov 2021

COVID-19 vaccination status and time until return to work among healthcare workers

Researchers have been examining the effect of vaccination on the time it takes healthcare workers to return to work following infection with SARS-CoV-2.

23 Nov 2021

Modeling COVID-19 hospital capacity

Researchers from Yale School Of Public Health have revealed a model for predicted hospital occupancy during the pandemic.

23 Nov 2021

Study shows SARS-CoV-2 can infect and replicate in human iPSC-derived neurons

In a study recently published on the bioRxiv preprint server, researchers attempted to further increase the scope of previous studies in examining SARS-CoV-2 infection of human CNS resident cells.

22 Nov 2021

Interferon beta versus the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

In a study recently published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated the difference in replication efficiency or IFN sensitivity of the four VOCs.

22 Nov 2021

IFITM proteins are important replication cofactors for SARS-CoV-2, including Delta variant

In a study recently published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated the IFITM2 dependency of SARS-CoV-2 VOCs, including the delta variant for efficient infection.

22 Nov 2021

Preexisting rhinovirus infection and IFN induction in epithelium of asthma patients decreases SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a recent study, researchers explored the effects of RV, HDM, and SARS-CoV-2 on differentiated primary human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) in vitro and in experimental in vivo RV infection in healthy subjects and asthmatic patients.

22 Nov 2021

Covid-19 could reduce the perception of pain in oncological patients

Physicians from the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) have observed a surprising phenomenon during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: some patients with cancer-related pain have experiences a significant decrease or even disappearance of pain perception during the acute phase of infection.

22 Nov 2021

Researchers reveal ethical and social issues faced by healthcare workers during the pandemic

In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, while many of us remained in the safety of our own homes, frontline healthcare workers faced a sudden influx of patients with the new, highly contagious, life-threatening disease.

22 Nov 2021

New reforms to bring workforce planning and digital transformation into the heart of the NHS

Recruitment, training and retention of NHS staff and digital transformation will be put at the heart of the NHS in England, under new reforms announced by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care today.

22 Nov 2021

Negative impacts of the pandemic, discrimination contribute to decline in infant vaccinations

A new study summarized in a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics reveals that a number of factors, including negative impacts from the pandemic during pregnancy, health care experiences, and reports of discrimination, made it less likely that infants received their recommended vaccinations in the first months of their lives.

22 Nov 2021

How case investigation and contact tracing averted COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases across the U.S.

Scientists from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response team of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA, have recently investigated the effectiveness of COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing (CICT) programs in controlling the incidence of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

22 Nov 2021

Characterization of B-cell receptor repertoires in COVID-19 patients

In a new study published in the journal Human Immunology, scientists sought to better understand how B-cell immune repertoire changes over time during SARS-CoV-2 infection by comprehensively characterizing the dynamics of immunoglobin heavy chain (IGH) repertoire in COVID-19 patients.

22 Nov 2021

Donor cells with clonal hematopoiesis may improve bone marrow transplant outcomes

Clonal hematopoiesis, a condition in which mutations associated with blood cancers are found in the blood of healthy people, is common with aging.

22 Nov 2021

The chaotic behavior of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Now, a new study published in the journal IEEE Access seeks to better understand the dynamics of the spread of COVID-19 and evaluates the evidence of its chaotic behavior in the US and globally using a compartmental model.

22 Nov 2021

Pandemic-related job loss associated with psychological distress among U.S. adults

Negative employment changes during the COVID-19 pandemic are associated with psychological distress, according to a new study led by UCLA scientists and published in the November edition of the peer-reviewed Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

22 Nov 2021

NYU Langone announces receipt of $166 million gift from Bezos family to transform community health

NYU Langone Health today announced the receipt of a $166 million gift from the Bezos family to galvanize the health and wellness of diverse populations across the NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn community.

22 Nov 2021

Hepatologists experience workplace discrimination, survey finds

Hepatologists -- physicians who specialize in liver disease -- say they experience workplace discrimination, especially if they are women or BIPOC (an acronym that stands for Black, Indigenous or People of Color).

22 Nov 2021

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Effectiveness of Australian COVID-19 contract tracing app

Etching the pain of covid into the flesh of survivors

When the eye on older patients is a camera

COVID-19 vaccination status and time until return to work among healthcare workers

Modeling COVID-19 hospital capacity

Study shows SARS-CoV-2 can infect and replicate in human iPSC-derived neurons

Interferon beta versus the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

IFITM proteins are important replication cofactors for SARS-CoV-2, including Delta variant

Preexisting rhinovirus infection and IFN induction in epithelium of asthma patients decreases SARS-CoV-2 infection

Covid-19 could reduce the perception of pain in oncological patients

Researchers reveal ethical and social issues faced by healthcare workers during the pandemic

New reforms to bring workforce planning and digital transformation into the heart of the NHS

Negative impacts of the pandemic, discrimination contribute to decline in infant vaccinations

How case investigation and contact tracing averted COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases across the U.S.

Characterization of B-cell receptor repertoires in COVID-19 patients

Donor cells with clonal hematopoiesis may improve bone marrow transplant outcomes

The chaotic behavior of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Pandemic-related job loss associated with psychological distress among U.S. adults

NYU Langone announces receipt of $166 million gift from Bezos family to transform community health

Hepatologists experience workplace discrimination, survey finds

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