Sask. officials knew COVID-19 was spreading at an 'exponential' rate in 2021, but refused restrictions
Newly released documents highlight what provincial officials knew about spread of COVID-19 in fall 2021. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatchewan Source Type: news
Optimal timing maximises Paxlovid benefits for treating COVID-19
Researchers have described the optimal timing for COVID-19 patients to take the antiviral, Paxlovid, to get the most benefit from the treatment, according to a study published April 16 in eLife.
The findings suggest that taking Paxlovid three to five days after COVID-19 symptoms emerge may maximise the drug's ability to reduce viral loads, minimise viral spread and reduce viral rebound. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - April 23, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Pandemic Had Modest Effect on Early Childhood Development Milestones
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 -- Modest changes were seen in early childhood development milestone achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online April 22 in JAMA Pediatrics.Sara B. Johnson, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the Johns... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
The pandemic exposed staff shortages at nursing homes. A new White House push aims for a remedy
The White House is aiming to correct the short staffing at nursing homes that was exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Modest Changes in Kids' Developmental Scores Seen From Pandemic
(MedPage Today) -- Young children who lived through the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated modest changes in developmental screening scores, according to a cohort study of more than 50,000 U.S. children.
Among kids age 5 and under, there were significant... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 22, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Toxic: How the Search for COVID's Origins Turned Politically Poisonous
(MedPage Today) -- The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 22, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surge: Europe Sounds the Alarm Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surge: Europe Sounds the Alarm
ECDC data show that measles and pertussis cases are on the rise again after a post –COVID-19 pandemic decline.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
South Africa: Reliving the Pandemic - Five New 'Vi-Fi' Novels Inspired By Covid-19
[Daily Maverick] These titles, with themes such as isolation and addiction, introduce readers to a new Covid generation of authors. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Coronavirus Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Vice President Harris announces final rules mandating minimum standards for nursing home staffing
The federal government is for the first time requiring nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities for older Americans (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Forced to eat bat feces, chimps could spread deadly viruses to humans
On a sunny day 7 years ago in the Budongo Forest Reserve in Uganda, researchers were startled to observe chimpanzees scoop dry bat feces from under a hollow tree and devour it. In 60 years of observations at Budongo, no one had ever seen such a thing, recalls veterinary epidemiologist Tony Goldberg of the University of Wisconsin—Madison. “Aside from the ick factor, we all had the exact same thought,” he says. “They must be exposed to horrible bat-borne viruses.”
That suspicion proved correct. Though the bat feces is rich in nutrients,
it contains dozens of previously unknown viruses
, Goldberg and...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Structural risks and family adjustment in midwestern Latine immigrant families: extending the family stress model - Taylor ZE, Carrizales A, Moffitt A, Ruiz Y.
OBJECTIVES: We tested an extended family stress model of economic hardship (FSM; Conger et al., 2010) incorporating structural risks (discrimination, immigration, and COVID-19 experiences) and qualitative data, to better understand the impact of culturally... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
The COVID-19 outbreak as a trigger event for sinophobic hate crimes in the United Kingdom - Schumann S, Moore Y.
We assessed whether the COVID-19 outbreak in the United Kingdom was associated with a rise in sinophobic hate crimes as well as the temporal distribution of victimization rates. A victimization survey (N = 393) showed that following the first known case of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Temporal dynamics of public transportation ridership in Seoul before, during, and after COVID-19 from urban resilience perspective - Lee S, Kim J, Cho K.
We delve into the temporal dynamics of public transportation (PT) ridership in Seoul, South Korea, navigating the periods before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic through a spatial difference-in-difference model (SDID). Rooted in urban resilience th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Dispositional factors in the explanation of symptoms of depression, anxiety, health anxiety and COVID-19 Phobia - Mayor E, Lieb R.
Maladaptive personality, the motivational systems, and intolerance of uncertainty play important roles in the statistical explanation of depression and anxiety. Here, we notably examined for the first time whether symptoms of depression, anxiety, health an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Domestic violence against women during COVID-19 pandemic and its associated factors among Bench Sheko zone, southwest Ethiopia - Mesafint G, Shifera N, Sayih A.
PURPOSE Domestic violence is an intimate relationship that causes physical, sexual or mental suffering. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has had a ruinous effect globally, particularly in increasing the rate of domestic violence. Thus, this study aims to a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
