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South Africa: Fourth Wave Infections 'Stabilised' - and Experts Say No New Covid-19 Variant in Sight
[Daily Maverick] South Africa's fourth wave of coronavirus infections seems to have stabilised, with fewer deaths and severe infections than previously seen, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Wednesday as the National Department of Health published new draft regulations for the control of future outbreaks.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 17, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Population Attributable Fraction of Nonvaccination of Child and Adolescent Vaccines Attributed to Parental Vaccine Hesitancy, 2018 –2019
AbstractUnderstanding the role of vaccine hesitancy in undervaccination or nonvaccination of childhood vaccines is important for increasing vaccine confidence and uptake. We used data from April to June interviews in the 2018 and 2019 National Immunization Survey –Flu (n = 78,725, United States), a nationally representative cross-sectional household cellular telephone survey. We determined the adjusted population attributable fraction (PAF) for each recommended childhood vaccine to assess the contribution of vaccine hesitancy to the observed nonvaccination level. Hesitancy is defined as being somewhat or very hesitant t...
Source: American Journal of Epidemiology - March 15, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research
NHS Pension Scheme: proposed amendments to continue the suspension of restrictions on return to work introduced by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Section 45) – response to consultation
Department of Health and Social Care -This consultation response sets out the continuation of retire and return easements in the NHS pension scheme which will take effect immediately following the expiry of Section 45 of the Coronavirus Act (2020). It also confirms that these temporary easements will run to 31 October 2022.Consultation responseDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 10, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Consultations Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Johnson & Johnson and Distributors Finalize Landmark $26 Billion Opioid Settlement
(Camden, N.J.) — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday, an announcement that clears the way for $26 billion to flow to nearly every state and local government in the U.S.
Taken together, the settlements are the largest to date among the many opioid-related cases that have been playing out across the country. They’re expected to provide a significant boost to efforts aimed at reversing the crisis in places that have been devastated by it, including many parts of rural America.
Johnson & Johnson, Amer...
Source: TIME: Health - February 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Geoff Mulvihill / AP Tags: Uncategorized Addiction Drugs healthscienceclimate News Desk wire Source Type: news
What the Pandemic Taught Us About Value-based Care
By RICHARD ISSACS
You’ll recall that we ran a long piece (pt 1, pt 2) about Medicare Advantage from former Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson earlier this year. Here’s a somewhat related piece from the current head of the Permanente Medical Group about what actually happened there and elsewhere during the pandemic–Matthew Holt
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided important lessons regarding the structure and delivery of health care in the United States, and one of the most significant takeaways has been the need to shift to value-based models of care.
The urgency for this transformation was cle...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Medical Practice Physicians Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Pandemic Richard Isaacs value-based care Source Type: blogs
Half of PPE procured by UK using ‘VIP’ companies has not been used
Equipment worth £1.7bn sourced from politically connected companies was stockpiled after government over-orderedMore than half the £1.7bn paid by the government to politically connected “VIP” companies to supply PPE in the pandemic was spent on equipment that has not been used, according to new figures.The total value of unused PPE was £2.8bn for 1.9bn items, according to newly released figures from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 11, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Conn Tags: Coronavirus NHS Politics Society Health UK news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news
Changes to the General Dental Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council ' s international registration legislation
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - The DHSC, on behalf of the UK government and the devolved administrations, is seeking views on proposed changes to the General Dental Council (GDC) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council ’s (NMC) international registration legislation. The aim is to provide these regulators with greater flexibility to amend their international registration processes by removing prescriptive detail about how such processes should operate from legislation. The consultation also amends the GDC’s le gislation to protect candidates whose opportunity to sit Part 2 of the Overseas Registratio...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 8, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
From Research to Policy: Reopening K –12 Schools in North Carolina During the COVID-19 Pandemic
School-aged children experienced substantial challenges to health and well-being as a result of school-building closures due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. In hopes of supporting equitable and safe school reopening for every student across North Carolina (NC) and improving child health, researchers from Duke University and the University at North Carolina at Chapel Hill established the ABC Science Collaborative (ABCs) in July 2020. The ABCs collected data related to in-school severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 transmission and adherence to mitigation strategies. These data were presented to NC gover...
Source: PEDIATRICS - February 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
Two monthly report on the status on the non-devolved provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020: January 2022
Department of Health and Social Care -The Coronavirus Act 2020 gives the government powers to take the right action to respond effectively to the progress of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. These powers are temporary and designed to be switched on when necessary, and off when no longer needed. The act requires ministers to report every two months on which powers are currently active.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 28, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
Scammers are preying on people desperate for COVID-19 tests. How to protect yourself
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week issued an alert about coronavirus testing and vaccination scams.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - January 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christian Martinez Source Type: news
Hospitals see big jumps in COVID-19 patients, but this surge is different from last winter
Roughly two-thirds of patients who have tested positive at the four hospitals run by the L.A. County Department of Health Services were admitted for something other than the coronavirus.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - January 4, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Luke Money, Rong-Gong Lin II, Emily Alpert Reyes Source Type: news
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Demonstrates 85 Percent Effectiveness against Hospitalization in South Africa when Omicron was Dominant
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., December 30, 2021 – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced new preliminary results from the South African Phase 3b Sisonke study which showed that a homologous (same vaccine) booster shot of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine (Ad26.COV2.S) demonstrated 85 percent effectiveness against COVID-19-related hospitalization. The study, conducted by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), showed that the Johnson & Johnson booster reduced the risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 among healthcare workers in South Africa after Omicron became the dominant variant...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - December 30, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
South Africa: Health Recalls Circular On Revised Contact Tracing, Quarantine and Isolation Protocols Related to Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic
[Govt of SA] The Department of Health has been inundated with media, stakeholders and public enquiries and comments since the release of the revised protocols on Contact Tracing, Quarantine and Isolation on 23 December 2021.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 29, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Adapting Survey Data Collection to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences From a Local Health Department
We describe the contributions that survey data have made to the emergency response in NYC in ways that address COVID-19 and the profound inequities of the pandemic. (Am J Public Health. 2021;111(12):2176-2185. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306515).PMID:34878856 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2021.306515
Source: Am J Public Health - December 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Amber Levanon Seligson Karen A Alroy Michael Sanderson Ariana N Maleki Steven Fernandez April Aviles Sarah E Dumas Sharon E Perlman Kathryn Peebles Christina C Norman R Charon Gwynn L Hannah Gould Source Type: research
