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Opioid substitution therapy with buprenorphine-naloxone during COVID-19 outbreak in India: Sharing our experience and interim standard operating procedure.
Authors: Basu D, Ghosh A, Subodh BN, Mattoo SK Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. It has affected most countries of the world, including India. Both the disease and the unavoidable national response to it have posed unique challenges to our health-care system. A particular vulnerable group of patients is those with opioid dependence maintained on opioid substitution therapy (OST). These patients are pharmacologically dependent on the OST medication (buprenorphine, buprenorphine-naloxone combination [BNX], and methadone) fo...
Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry - August 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Indian J Psychiatry Source Type: research

Due to COVID-19 Outbreak, Patients Can Take OUD Medications Home
In light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, some patients receiving treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) may take a 28-day supply of their medications home to avoid daily trips to their clinic, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) stated in aguidance issued on Monday.Under SAMHSA ’s guidance, those states that have declared a state of emergency may make a blanket request to allow all opioid treatment programs (OTPs) to provide stable patients with four weeks of medication to take home. Those who are not considered stable “but who the OTP believes can safely handle this l evel o...
Source: Psychiatr News - March 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: 28-day supply buprenorphine coronavirus COVID-19 Drug Enforcement Administration methadone naltrexone opioid treatment programs samhsa Smita Das Source Type: research

Evolution of a Search: The Use of Dynamic Twitter Searches During Superstorm Sandy
Conclusion The most important lesson learned from Superstorm Sandy was the need for a dynamic and flexible monitoring process and strategy to understand and respond quickly to health needs in the areas impacted by Superstorm Sandy. Search strategies should change as frequently as the unfolding event. The inability to adapt to a changing situation ensures stale and stagnant terminology and search results. Twitter lists and Boolean searches should be used together to maximize situational awareness. The most important information comes from the impacted population, whether news, local government or local citizens. These are t...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - September 26, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sara Harris Smith Source Type: research

Analysis of Cognition, Protection, Psychological, and Job-search Intentions Among Medical and Nonmedical College Students During COVID-19 Epidemic
CONCLUSIONS: The news about COVID-19 piqued the interest of medical students. Nonmedical students had stronger protective behavior than medical students. The COVID-19 outbreak had a significant influence on medical students' lives, studies, and moods. In addition, COVID-19 had a greater impact on the job-search intentions of medical students.PMID:36525353
Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - December 16, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Xuan Long Kai Sun Kai Wang Lishuai Shi Limin Cao Tingting Wen Zhonghua Zhou Zhihua Guo Yue Shi Hong Yu Zhen Yu Xiaolian Song Lijin Feng Aihong Mei Source Type: research

The Internet search engines as an additional tool in public health research in the context of disease outbreaks
Andrey Valerievich Batrimenko, Svetlana Denisova, Dmitrii Lisovskii, Sergey Orlov, Sergey Soshnikov International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The study aims to help epidemiologists identify new patterns and trends in spreading infections on the example of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic using data from search engines. The study identified the types of thematic search of Russian Internet users and queries that have a mathematically confirmed correlation with public health indicators: mortality and morbidity from COVID-19. The study a...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - January 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Andrey Valerievich Batrimenko Svetlana Denisova Dmitrii Lisovskii Sergey Orlov Sergey Soshnikov Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 3395: Trends in Online Search Activity and the Correlation with Daily New Cases of Monkeypox among 102 Countries or Territories
Min Liu Jue Liu Research assessing the trend in online search activity on monkeypox (mpox) and the correlation with the mpox epidemic at the global and national level is scarce. The trend of online search activity and the time-lag correlations between it and daily new mpox cases were estimated by using segmented interrupted time-series analysis and Spearman correlation coefficient (rs), respectively. We found that after the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the proportion of countries or territories with increasing changes in online search activity was lowest in Africa (8.16%,...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - February 15, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Min Du Chenyuan Qin Wenxin Yan Qiao Liu Yaping Wang Lin Zhu Wannian Liang Min Liu Jue Liu Tags: Article Source Type: research

CDC Reports Flu Widespread, Google Search Trends Alarming
According to new surveillance statistics released on Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), forty-seven states in the U.S. are now reporting widespread influenza activity [1]. The virus, which first appeared in the Southeast, has reached epidemic levels. Forty-seven states have reported widespread geographic influenza activity (i.e. incidence of flu) for the week between December 30, 2012 and January 5, 2013, and twenty-four states and New York City have reported high influenza-like illness (ILI) activity (i.e. the proportion of outpatient visits to healthcare providers for influenza-like illne...
Source: Highlight HEALTH - January 15, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Walter Jessen, Ph.D. Source Type: blogs

Estimating Influenza Outbreaks Using Both Search Engine Query Data and Social Media Data in South Korea
Conclusions: These results demonstrate the feasibility of using search queries to enhance influenza surveillance in South Korea. In addition, an approach for query selection using social media data seems ideal for supporting influenza surveillance based on search query data.
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - July 3, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Hyekyung WooYoungtae ChoEunyoung ShimJong-Koo LeeChang-Gun LeeSeong Hwan Kim Source Type: research

Loss of smell and taste: a new marker of COVID-19? Tracking reduced sense of smell during the coronavirus pandemic using search trends.
CONCLUSIONS: We feel that Google search trends relating to loss of smell can be utilized to identify potential Covid-19 outbreaks on a national and regional basis. PMID: 32673122 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy - July 18, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 16880: Forecasting HFMD Cases Using Weather Variables and Google Search Queries in Sabah, Malaysia
This study aimed to develop a forecasting tool utilizing climatic predictors and internet search queries for informing preventive strategies in Sabah, Malaysia. HFMD case data from the Sabah State Health Department, climatic predictors from the Malaysia Meteorological Department, and Google search trends from the Google trends platform between the years 2010–2018 were utilized. Cross-correlations were estimated in building a seasonal auto-regressive moving average (SARIMA) model with external regressors, directed by measuring the model fit. The selected variables were then validated using test data utilizing ...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - December 15, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Vivek Jason Jayaraj Victor Chee Wai Hoe Tags: Article Source Type: research

Scoping Review on Search Queries and Social Media for Disease Surveillance: A Chronology of Innovation
Conclusions: The use of search queries and social media for disease surveillance are relatively recent phenomena (first reported in 2006). Both the tools themselves and the methodologies for exploiting them are evolving over time. While their accuracy, speed, and cost compare favorably with existing surveillance systems, the primary challenge is to refine the data signal by reducing surrounding noise. Further developments in digital disease surveillance have the potential to improve sensitivity and specificity, passively through advances in machine learning and actively through engagement of users. Adoption, even as suppor...
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - July 18, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Theresa Marie BernardoAndrijana RajicIan YoungKatie RobiadekMai T PhamJulie A Funk Source Type: research