Waiving Intellectual Property Rights for Vaccines
Keith Albert (Independent), Waiving Intellectual Property Rights for Vaccines (2023): The global pandemic of the coronavirus virus (COVID-19) continues to spread throughout the world, resulting in a significant public health crisis in the United States. Vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics, including... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 31, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Training a Public Accommodations Lens on Vaccine Passports
Paul A. Diller (Willamette University), Training a Public Accommodations Lens on Vaccine Passports, 27 Lewis& Clark L. Rev. (2023): The Covid pandemic and the rise of smartphone technology enabled the use of “vaccine passports”—that is, a requirement to show... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 30, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Waiving Intellectual Property Rights for Vaccines
Keith Albert (Independent), Waiving Intellectual Property Rights for Vaccines (2023): The global pandemic of the coronavirus virus (COVID-19) continues to spread throughout the world, resulting in a significant public health crisis in the United States. Vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics, including... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 30, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
CRISPR Combined with Glowing Proteins for Viral Detection
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed a sensitive diagnostic test for viral pathogens that is suitable for use in low-resource regions. The test is based on CRISPR proteins that can detect viral genetic material but also incorporates luciferase proteins, which are bioluminescent proteins that are naturally found in fireflies and other creatures. Two CRISPR/Cas proteins are specific for different parts of the viral genome, and when they both bind to target nucleic acid sequences they join together, uniting two fragments of luciferase and initiating a bioluminescent signal. The r...
Source: Medgadget - March 23, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Genetics Medicine Public Health CRISPR TUeindhoven Source Type: blogs
Thoughts on Unexpected Sequences Found In COVID mRNA Vaccines
Writing this piece is not easy, not only because the topic matter is completely in controversies around SARS-CoV-2 and the vaccines for it, but because the data was generated by someone whose outspoken opinions on any COVID-19 public health topic are nearly always ones I find myself in opposition to. Someone who periodically lobs my way personal attacks on my ethics. It doesn't help that these results will be certainly misused to attempt to undermine public confidence in the vaccines, or that this post will probably attract a lot of commentary that I don't wish to address because of the adage that generating m...
Source: Omics! Omics! - March 21, 2023 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Keith Robison Source Type: blogs
Nobody wants this job. Should physicians stick around?
As I enter the patient exam room, the first question is no longer “When can I get my COVID-19 vaccine?” but rather, “Are you leaving? My old doctor left. You are my fifth doctor in three years. What is happening?” Nowadays, I spend more time educating patients about the visible cracks our medical system flaunts.
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Nobody wants this job. Should physicians stick around? originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Katie Klingberg, MD Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
The vaccination dilemma: Protecting patient rights or caregiver freedom?
Recently, I heard a news report regarding several state attorneys general suing the federal government to eliminate the requirement that health care providers be immunized against COVID. They argued that as fully immunized individuals still contract COVID, and that allowing unimmunized people to be rehired would relieve provider shortage, the regulation was unhelpful. Initially, I
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The vaccination dilemma: Protecting patient rights or caregiver freedom? originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: M. Bennet Broner, PhD Tags: Conditions COVID Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Pandemic preparedness for the real world: why we must invest in equitable, ethical and effective approaches to help prepare for the next pandemic
This report warns the global health community to think beyond vaccines and lockdowns, proposing investment in a five point action framework for pandemic preparedness which responds to people ’s experiences, knowledge and needs. The proposed five areas for investment are: health professionals; diverse knowledge, expertise and perspectives; reform of health, social and other systems and structures to support resilience to disease crises; people’s trust in politics; and ethics and soci al justice.ReportInstitute of Development Studies - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 10, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Jobs – Senior Epic Application Analyst
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Senior Epic Application Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is located in Toppenish, Washington.
Here’s a description of the position:
YVFWC has a compulsory vaccination policy including the Covid-19 primary series, the organization does not mandate the Covid-19 booster although it is offered through our employee health department. Medical and religious exemptions to the primary series will be considered ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Epic Jobs Featured Opportunities Health IT Careers Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers Senior Epic Application Analyst Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic Source Type: blogs
How Can Health IT Help Reform the CDC?
This article summarizes their responses.
Paths to Interoperability
A recent article exposes the woeful silo-ing of public health: Data often has to be faxed and re-entered into new systems manually. I wonder whether the path to complete integration requires adopting a single, worldwide, FHIR-based standard (which is time-consuming and probably requires jettisoning old database systems) or programming these systems to translate data from one format to another.
I heard details about problems with COVID-19 lab reporting at a state level from Dr. Paulo Pinho, vice president & medical director of innovation at Availity Clin...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Healthcare IT Regulations 21st Century Cures Act Amazon Amazon Healthcare Amazon S3 Availity Availity Clinical Solutions CDC Data Exchange Diameter Health EMPI FDA Gus Malezis Health Gorilla hl7 Imprivata Interoperability Source Type: blogs
Myocarditis update from Sweden
BY ANISH KOKA
The COVID19/vaccine myocarditis debate continues in large part because our public health institutions are grossly mischaracterizing the risks and benefits of vaccines to young people.
A snapshot of what the establishment says as it relates to the particular area of concern: college vaccine mandates:
Dr. Arthur Reingold, an epidemiology professor at UC-Berkeley, notes that UC also requires immunizations for measles and chickenpox, and people still are dying from COVID at rates that exceed those for influenza. As of Feb. 1, there were more than 400 COVID deaths a day across the U.S.
“The arg...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka covid19 myocarditis Sweden Source Type: blogs
A COVID-19 vaccine exemption letter
BY ANISH KOKA
I recently saw a young man who came to see me because his place of future employment, a large health system was requiring him to complete the 1º series of his COVID-19 vaccination. He was concerned because he had chest pain after his first mRNA vaccine and was uncomfortable with the risks of a second mRNA dose. He attempted to get a Johnson and Johnson vaccine and was told by pharmacists he was not allowed to mix and match this particular vaccine as he had already received an mRNA dose. With no other option, he came to ask me whether I thought a vaccine exemption was reasonable in his case. He already had...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka COVID-19 vaccine exemption vaccines Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 24th February 2023 - research
Some things you may want to know about:Effectiveness evaluation of anantenatal care intervention addressing disparities to improve perinatal outcomes in Denmark: A nationwide register-based analysis of a cluster randomised controlled trial (MAMAACT), Meperidine compared with nitrous oxide forintrapartum pain relief in multiparous patients: a randomized controlled trial.Nurses ' and midwives ' perceptions and strategies to cope withperinatal death situations: A systematic literature review.Vitamin D supplementation for the outcomes of patients with gestational diabetes mellitus and neonates: a meta-analysis and systema...
Source: Browsing - February 24, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
NextGen COVID-19 Antibodies Destroy Spike Protein
Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia have developed a new generation of antibodies to treat COVID-19. So far, the antibodies have been shown to neutralize several of the viral variants behind COVID-19, and the researchers hope that they will form an effective treatment for at-risk patients. Previously developed antibody treatments for COVID-19 have been rendered largely useless as the virus has mutated. Such antibodies have focused on binding to the most obvious site on the viral spike protein, the ACE2 receptor binding site, but their efficacy in destroying the virus has waned with new vira...
Source: Medgadget - February 23, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Public Health Source Type: blogs
TWiV 984: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses the political polarization of COVID-19 treatments among physicians and laypeople in the United States, seven alternatives to evidence-based medicine, Malawi’s cholera death toll crosses 1,300 in its deadliest outbreak on record, impact of coronavirus infections on pediatric patients at a tertiary pediatric hospital, maternal mRNA COVID-19 vaccination during […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - February 18, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antiviral coronavirus COVID-19 delta inflammation influenza Long Covid monkeypox monoclonal antibody Omicron pandemic poliovirus SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vaccine booster variant of concern viruses Source Type: blogs
