UMass Memorial Medical Center latest to increase mask requirements
UMass Memorial Medical Center is the latest Massachusetts hospital to step up masking requirements amid fast-rising coronavirus case numbers. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Grant Welker Source Type: news
Few Children With SARS-CoV-2 Develop Post-COVID-19 Condition
THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 -- Few children with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection develop post-COVID-19 condition (PCC), according to a study published online Dec. 28 in JAMA Network Open.Frederick Dun-Dery, Ph.D.,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Covid JN.1 in Delhi: Guidelines from AIIMS
In response to the unexpected spike in coronavirus cases across the nation, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi has released guidelines for Covid-19 suspected or positive cases that will be reported at hospitals. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - December 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Covid Variant JN.1 Now Accounts for Nearly Half of U.S. Cases
Here ’s what to know about the coronavirus variant, which was first detected in the United States in September. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Knvul Sheikh Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Content Type: Service Disease Rates Vaccination and Immunization Seasons and Months Immune System Holidays and Special Occasions Source Type: news
The risk of suicide in the post-COVID-19 emergency era: psychological and forensic implications - Sacco MA, Gualtieri S, Ricci P, Aquila I.
The emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought numerous challenges, including the management of psychological and psychiatric disorders, leading to an increased risk of suicide. At the end of the COVID-19 emergency, we wonder wha... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Responsibility of education in improving medical college students' ability to prevent and respond to public health emergencies in China - a systematic review - Fang X, Zhao L, Pang R, Li H, Ye P.
BACKGROUND: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has highlighted the critical importance of sufficient preparedness for public health emergencies. This places higher requirements on the ability of medical staff to deal with such emergencies.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news
I lost my sense of smell after Covid. Here ’s what I’ve learned about life without it
When the virus shut down my nostrils, I presumed it was a temporary issue. But three years later my food still tastes like cardboardTo celebrate our anniversary, my partner and I dine in a trendy London restaurant in Hackney with a Michelin star – my first time in such a place. A crispy little bonbon is introduced to us simply as “Pine, kvass lees and vin brûlé.” I watch my partner light up, the flickering candle in her eyes, as the waiter sets the thing down. The impact of the aroma has already registered on her face. With her firs t bite she is transported to her childhood in Massachusetts. “Gosh,” she gasps,...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Rudi Zygadlo Tags: Infectious diseases Coronavirus Science Life and style Medical research Food Source Type: news
How a ‘Well-Intentioned’ Tax Credit Became a Colossal Mess
It was early 2020, and the Democratic congresswoman saw the coronavirus pandemic posing a catastrophic economic threat to her Orlando, Fla.-area district. By mid-March, the Disney and Universal resorts closed. Murphy and her staff hunted for ways to help workers and businesses and prevent mass…#orlando #flaareadistrict #universal #hurricanekatrina (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Investigators Probe Whether U.S. Was Billed Twice for Coronavirus Research in China
WASHINGTON—Two federal inspectors general are investigating whether a nonprofit group involved in high-risk coronavirus research in China double-billed U.S. taxpayers for hundreds of thousands of dollars for that work, according to people familiar with the matter. The probe of New York-based…#ecohealthalliances (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: I Have Covid. How Likely Am I to Get Long Covid?
[The Conversation Africa] EG.5 or the Eris COVID variant is dominant in parts of Australia. Eris, along with other circulating strains, are descendants of Omicron. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 23, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Coronavirus Health and Medicine Source Type: news
A new coronavirus variant may be behind California's COVID rise
Coronavirus transmission is once again spiking in California entering the winter holiday season — and the new JN.1 subvariant may be partly to blame. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - December 23, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Rong-Gong Lin II Source Type: news
Weekend podcast: Victoria Mary Clarke remembers her husband Shane McGowan, Marina Hyde on Michelle ‘PPE’ Mone, and the shame of the ‘silent treatment’
Marina Hyde mulls over Lady Mone ’s PPE farrago, car crash interview and fight with the PM (ms); Victoria Mary Clarke on the excess, addiction and love that bound her and Shane McGowan together (ms); and Anita Chaudhuri on being shut out by loved ones for 40 years (ms)Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 23, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Hosted by Savannah Ayoade-Greaves; written by Marina Hyde, Tim Jonze and Anita Chaudhuri; narrated by Colleen Prendergast and Clara Harte; produced by Rachel Porter. Additional Sound Design by Joel Grove; Executive producer:Ellie Bury Tags: Life and style Shane MacGowan The Pogues Punk Michelle Mone Conservatives Coronavirus Psychology Family Source Type: news
"I need husband-distancing": experience of marital conflict during the COVID-19 emergency in South Korea - Park S, Ko Y.
The purpose of this study was to understand the phenomenon of marital conflict during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emergency in South Korea by adapting the vulnerability-stress-adaptation model (VSA; Karney and Bradbury 1995). The public emergency of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
SARS-CoV-2 Rebound Rate Similar With, Without Oral Antivirals
FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 2023 -- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) rebound occurs at a similar rate for those receiving and not receiving oral antiviral treatment and for those receiving nirmatrelvir/ritonavir or placebo,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
