Role of Judiciary and Social Welfare to Combat Coronavirus Pandemic in Nepal: A Study with Special Reference to India ’s Epidemic Law
Dr. Alok Kumar Yadav (Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Uttarakhand), Jivesh Jha, Role of Judiciary and Social Welfare to Combat Coronavirus Pandemic in Nepal: A Study with Special Reference to India ’s Epidemic Law, ILI L. Rev. (2020): The competent legislature... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 25, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Test Detects SARS-CoV-2 in Breath, May Work as COVID Alarm in Enclosed Spaces
Researchers at Brown University have developed a breath test for COVID-19. The breathalyzer, which they have termed the Bubbler, consists of a tube that someone blows into for fifteen seconds. The tube contains a mix of enzymes that reverse transcribe the RNA in viral particles into DNA, which allows for a subsequent benchtop PCR test.
Breathalyzers were bathed in UV light to maintain sterile field prior to construction of kits prepared for the clinical trial at Rhode Island Hospital. Top image: Bubbler kits were processed in a negative pressure bench top box to prevent contamination of amplicon particles in the labora...
Source: Medgadget - December 20, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Genetics Public Health brown university Source Type: blogs
TWiV 841: Unmasking immunity
TWiV provides an update on immunity to Omicron, results of a randomized controlled trial of face masks, and a study of correlates of protection against respiratory syncytial virus infection in the upper and lower respiratory tract of nonhuman primates. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 841 (63 MB .mp3, 105 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - December 15, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology coronavirus COVID-19 face mask immune correlate of protection Omicron pandemic respiratory syncytial virus SARS-CoV-2 viral viruses Source Type: blogs
TWiV 840: COVID-19 clinical update #92 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #92, Dr. Griffin reviews emerging data on the Omicron variant, much information about monoclonal antibody treatment, including expansion of EUA for Lilly’s cocktail, FDA EUA for pre-exposure prophylaxis, outcomes after treatment, and investigation of subcutaneous or intramuscular administration; effect of adding immunomodulatory agents to usual care on thromboembolic events, and long […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - December 15, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 inflammation Long Covid monoclonal antibody pandemic SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern viruses Source Type: blogs
Calls To Mental Health Helplines Increased Early In The Pandemic
By Emily Reynolds
From early 2020, concerns were raised about the impact of the pandemic on mental health. The stresses of lockdown, social isolation, financial precarity, and widespread grief were all considered to be potential triggers for poor mental health, along with issues such as increased domestic violence.
A new study, published in Nature, looks at what helpline calls can reveal about mental health during this period. It finds an increase in calls to helplines during the early days of the pandemic, largely driven by fear, loneliness, and worries about physical health.
Marius Brülhart from the Un...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - December 15, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Coronavirus Mental health Source Type: blogs
The state of medical education and practice in the UK 2021
General Medical Council -This is an annual report on the realities and challenges faced by medical professionals in the UK ’s health care systems. This year’s report looks at how the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the recovery have affected doctors’ work and training. It also highlights learnings that the UK health services can use to support doctors and patients.ReportGeneral Medical Council - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 15, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Centering Disability Justice
Natalie M. Chin (CUNY), Centering Disability Justice, Syracuse L. Rev. (forthcoming): The coronavirus pandemic surfaced existing faults in the disability rights strategy, exposing a porousness in access to the promises of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for disabled Black,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 14, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 13th 2021
In conclusion, there is a good amount of pre-clinical and clinical data showing a strong positive correlation between reduction of senescent cells frequencies and functional improvement of skin. Whether senescence of skin cells makes a significant causal contribution to skin ageing can still not be conclusively decided, however. Nonetheless, there is strong evidence existing today to assume that better understanding of cell senescence in skin may lead to a breakthrough in interventions into skin ageing.
Isomerization of Tau May be Involved in Alzheimer's Disease
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/12/isom...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 12, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A COVID and Omicron update with Jeremy Faust, MD [PODCAST]
Welcome to an expedited episode of The Podcast by KevinMD: a COVID and Omicron update. I interview Jeremy Faust, an emergency physician who can be reached on Twitter @JeremyFaust and on Instagram @JeremySamuelFaust. He also publishes the newsletter, Inside Medicine. Transcript Kevin Pho, MD: Hi, and welcome to the show where we share the storiesRead more …A COVID and Omicron update with Jeremy Faust, MD [PODCAST] originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Tired of the dying: Finding parallels in COVID-19 and HIV
Recently, while visiting with a colleague in our doctor ’s lounge, I blurted out, “I’m tired of the dying.” He looked at me quizzically, “But you’re the hospice doctor.” True, death comes with my work, but the recent volume of and the loss of younger patients have been especially difficult. It reminds me of an earlierRead more …Tired of the dying: Finding parallels in COVID-19 and HIV originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 11, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/aldebra-schroll" rel="tag" > Aldebra Schroll, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Wear your mask to protect your family
Below is a story a patient shared with me about how he went from being against mask-wearing to wearing one every day. *** Last year, my mom died from stage 4 lung cancer. Before she passed, she received her transplant at this hospital, but it was too late for her. Now, I am fighting cancer.Read more …Wear your mask to protect your family originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 10, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/ton-la-jr" rel="tag" > Ton La, Jr., JD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
TWiV 839: The long and the short of it: get vaccinated
TWiV reviews the impact of vaccination on SARS-CoV-2, the latest information on Omicron, West Nile virus transmission by organ transplantation, and why a 16 week interval between doses of BNT162b2 vaccine is better than a shorter interval. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 839 (64 MB .mp3, 107 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - December 9, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antibody coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic SARS-CoV-2 vaccine viral viruses Source Type: blogs
Endemic COVID-19 will be a cause for celebration
There was a time, not long ago, when COVID-19 was one of the scariest things on earth. In the summer of 2020, scientists were stunned as infections climbed and deaths spiked. They couldn ’t say (exactly) how the virus spread, how deadly it was or how to cure it. ICU beds were filling up while officialsRead more …Endemic COVID-19 will be a cause for celebration originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/robert-pearl" rel="tag" > Robert Pearl, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
The American public deserves more COVID-19 vaccine options
Covaxin, an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and the only vaccine to have been proven effective against all variants including the Delta variant in a Phase III clinical study, deserves to be tested in clinical trials in the U.S. for potential CDC/FDA approval for use in the U.S. As we are about to celebrate the one-year anniversaryRead more …The American public deserves more COVID-19 vaccine options originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 8, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/tayson-delengocky" rel="tag" > Tayson DeLengocky, DO < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
How Immune System Aging Contributes to the Runaway Inflammation of COVID-19
This is old news for most of the audience here, but COVID-19 mortality is suffered largely by the old. An aged immune system greatly raises the odds of suffering the cytokine storm of runaway inflammation that leads to mortality. One of the characteristics of an aged immune system is a heightened level of chronic inflammatory signaling, a reaction to the damaged environment of aged tissue. As researcher here note, the presence of age-related chronic inflammation creates a vulnerability to the risk of much greater, excessive and unrestrained inflammation in response to infection.
Aging is characterized by the dynam...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 7, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
