Here ’s Why Vaccinated People Still Need to Wear a Mask
The new vaccines will probably prevent you from getting sick with Covid. No one knows yet whether they will keep you from spreading the virus to others — but that information is coming. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Clinical Trials Tests (Medical) Preventive Medicine Nose Antibodies Disease Rates Immune System Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Throat Influenza AstraZeneca PLC Johnson & Moderna Inc Pfizer Inc Source Type: news
What You Need to Know About COVID-19 and Flu
Every winter is a bit of a roulette wheel when it comes to influenza. Flu vaccines work, but aren’t 100% effective in preventing disease, so it’s always a challenge convincing people to get their flu shots. And while the symptoms are generally bearable, infections can become more severe and even deadly among people who are older or who have underlying health conditions. Last flu season, even though experts considered it a relatively mild year, about 400,000 people in the U.S. were hospitalized and 22,000 people died from the flu.
This winter, the influenza virus has a rival—the coronavirus fueling the COV...
Source: TIME: Health - December 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Do physical measures such as hand ‐washing or wearing masks stop or slow down the spread of respiratory viruses? What are respiratory viruses? Respiratory viruses are viruses that infect the cells in your airways: nose, throat, and lungs. These infections can cause serious problems and affect normal breathing. They can cause flu (influenza), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and COVID‐19. How do respiratory viruses spread? People infected with a respiratory virus spread virus particles into the air when they cough or sneeze. Other people become infected if they come into contact with these virus particles in th...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Govt authorises post-grad Ayurveda practitioners to be trained to perform surgical procedures
The notification by the Central Council of Indian Medicine, a statutory body under the AYUSH Ministry to regulate the Indian systems of medicine, listed 39 general surgery procedures and around 19 procedures involving the eye, ear, nose and throat by amending the Indian Medicine Central Council (Post Graduate Ayurveda Education) Regulations, 2016. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - November 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Covid or flu? Bothell firm makes test that can tell the difference
Elitech Group submitted a coronavirus test manufactured at its facility in Bothell to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization, the company announced this week.
Elitech’s product is a four-in-one diagnostic test that detects and differentiates the coronavirus from other common flus, such as influenza A and B and respiratory syncytial virus.
The test requires a sample from the nose or throat. It is designed for diagnostic laboratories that collect sampl es from health care… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 20, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Nat Rubio-Licht Source Type: news
Covid or flu? Bothell firm makes test that can tell the difference
Elitech Group submitted a coronavirus test manufactured at its facility in Bothell to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization, the company announced this week.
Elitech’s product is a four-in-one diagnostic test that detects and differentiates the coronavirus from other common flus, such as influenza A and B and respiratory syncytial virus.
The test requires a sample from the nose or throat. It is designed for diagnostic laboratories that collect sampl es from health care… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 20, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Nat Rubio-Licht Source Type: news
How accurate are routine laboratory tests for diagnosis of COVID-19?
What are routine laboratory tests?Routine laboratory tests are blood tests that assess the health status of a patient. Tests include counts of different types of white blood cells (these help the body fight infection), and detection of markers (proteins) that indicate organ damage, and general inflammation. These tests are widely available and in some places they may be the only tests available for diagnosis of COVID-19.What did the authors want to find out?People with suspected COVID-19 need to know quickly whether they are infected so that they can self-isolate, receive treatment, and inform close contacts.Currently, the...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 19, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Rachel Klabunde Source Type: news
Featured Review: Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses
An updated Cochrane review published today in the Cochrane Library summarizes randomized trial evidence about face masks, hand washing and physical distancing to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses. The review will inform revised guidance due to be released by the World Health Organisation. Lisa Bero, Cochrane Public Health and Health Systems Senior Editor and an author on anEditorial published to accompany this review said, “The results of this review should be interpreted cautiously, and the uncertain findings should not be taken as evidence that these measures are not effective. Most of the trials ...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 17, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Rachel Klabunde Source Type: news
Consumer Health: Feeling better when you have the flu
Influenza is a viral infection that attacks your respiratory system -- your nose, throat and lungs. Influenza is commonly called the flu, but it's not the same as stomach flu, which is an intestinal infection marked by watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea or vomiting, and sometimes fever. For most people, the flu resolves on its [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 5, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Is It a Cold, the Flu, Allergies, or COVID-19?
Respiratory illnesses can share so many of the same symptoms -- a fever, chills, coughing, tiredness, a sore throat, body aches, a headache, and a stuffed nose -- so it's not easy to tell the difference. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Thanksgiving, Christmas Gatherings: ‘ Not Worth The Risk ’
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Travel & Outdoors Christmas Holiday Travel Holidays Katie Johnston Thanksgiving Source Type: news
Doctor Explains Why You Should Avoid Thanksgiving, Christmas Gatherings: ‘ Not Worth The Risk ’
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Travel & Outdoors Christmas Holiday Travel Holidays Katie Johnston Thanksgiving Source Type: news
The greatest tragedy of England's second wave is that it wasn't inevitable | Charlotte Summers
Over the summer, the government ignored advice about controlling Covid. A new study shows we ’re paying the priceThe number of Covid infections is doubling every nine days in England, and in some areas, such as the south-east, London and the south-west, the R number is now above two. These are the alarming findings from thereport of theReact-1 study by researchers at Imperial College London, released today.The study, which obtained nose and throat swabs from a random sample of the population in England that were analysed using a “gold standard” PCR test, shows the prevalence of coronavirus infection in England has in...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 29, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Charlotte Summers Tags: Coronavirus Infectious diseases Politics NHS Health UK news Society Medical research Source Type: news
At-Home Saliva Tests for COVID-19 Could Be Coming Soon
There is a universe of ways to get tested for COVID-19, and each has its pros and cons. Most, however, require a medical professional to insert a long, flexible swab up your nose to sample the back of your throat in an invasive, painful and unpleasant procedure. It’s reliable, yes, but not the most encouraging way to convince people to get tested.
Saliva-based tests are likely much more welcome. Most people can spit into a container at home and so don’t need to go to a health clinic or drive-through testing facility—a plus when an infectious disease is roaming the world—and it doesn’t involve ...
Source: TIME: Health - October 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Medico-legal aspects of otorhinolaryngeal, face and neck injuries in Upper Egypt: a prospective analysis and retrospective evaluation of claimed disabilities - Omran GA, Ragaey MA, El Shehaby DM.
BACKGROUND: Trauma to the ear, nose, throat and face regions is of medicolegal importance as these regions are vulnerable to injury and often associated with mortality and varying degrees of physical, functional and psychological damages. The long-run comp... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
