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VA says it is working to improve electronic health record project |
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Sunday, October 23, 2022 10:36 AM |
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The VA said last week it is delaying the rollout of the new system until June 2023. The VA said it is working with Oracle Cerner to address a host of issues, including some which could affect patient safety. Read more. |
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CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older |
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Sunday, October 23, 2022 10:34 AM |
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This action gives people ages 18 years and older the option to receive a Novavax monovalent booster instead of an updated (bivalent) Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna booster if they have completed primary series vaccination but have not previously received a COVID-19 booster—and if they cannot or will not receive mRNA vaccines. Read more. |
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CDC group endorses adding Covid shots to recommended vaccine schedule |
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 01:24 PM |
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The unanimous recommendation to add the vaccine to the annual schedule does not mandate the shots or preclude unvaccinated kids from attending school. Read more. |
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ACIP Immunization Schedule Vote |
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 01:21 PM |
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Today, CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended updates to the 2023 childhood and adult immunization schedules, which includes incorporating additional information for approved or authorized COVID-19 vaccines. CDC only makes recommendations for use of vaccines, while school-entry vaccination requirements are determined by state or local jurisdictions. Read more. |
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Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — United States, 2021–22 |
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 01:19 PM |
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Enhanced efforts are needed to improve HCP vaccination coverage, especially with COVID-19 booster doses and annually for influenza vaccines. Staying up to date with COVID-19 and influenza vaccines can protect HCP and their patients. Read more. |
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How Your Oral Health Affects Your Overall Health |
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 01:16 PM |
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Your teeth and gums have a huge role to play in other, more systemic health conditions. Read more. |
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Hot Topics in Infection Prevention: COVID-19, Ebola Outbreak, and Ocular and Needlestick Monkeypox |
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 01:14 PM |
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Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, covers updates on COVID-19 in frontline workers, an Ebola outbreak in Uganda, and ocular and needlestick monkeypox. Read more. |
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Increase in U.S. pregnancy-related deaths linked to COVID-19 |
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Saturday, October 22, 2022 01:12 PM |
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COVID-19 drove a dramatic increase in the number of women who died from pregnancy or childbirth complications in the U.S. last year, a crisis that has disproportionately claimed Black and Hispanic women as victims, according to a government report released Wednesday. Read more. |
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U.S. surgeon general says workplaces are taking a toll on Americans’ mental and physical health |
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Friday, October 21, 2022 10:17 AM |
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Your job can be hazardous to your health, according to a new report from the U.S. Surgeon General that highlights how the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed fractures in working Americans’ mental health and well-being. Read more. |
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MMWR Weekly - October 21, 2022 |
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Friday, October 21, 2022 10:15 AM |
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Weekly / Vol. 71 / No. 42. Read more. |
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WHO highlights high cost of physical inactivity in first-ever global report |
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Friday, October 21, 2022 10:11 AM |
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Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, costing US$ 27 billion annually, if governments don’t take urgent action to encourage more physical activity among their populations. Read more. |
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Penn State College of Medicine working on COVID-19 vaccine that can withstand variants |
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Friday, October 21, 2022 10:06 AM |
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The most troublesome quality of COVID-19 has turned out to be its ability to mutate to evade human defenses. Read more. |
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2022 International Infection Prevention Week |
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Friday, October 21, 2022 10:04 AM |
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COVID-19 continues to show the world what we’ve always known—infection preventionists (IPs) play a crucial role in keeping our neighborhoods safe and healthy. In addition to fighting a global pandemic, the infection prevention and control community is protecting us from surges in healthcare-associated infections, measles outbreaks, flu season, and so many other day-to-day infectious battles. Read more. |
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4 ways oral health affects your quality of life |
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Thursday, October 20, 2022 10:24 AM |
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From your desire to socialize to your mental health, there are ways your oral health can impact your overall quality of life that you may not know about. Read more. |
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IZ Express #1,658: COVID-19 bivalent booster recommended for children age 5–11, and more |
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Thursday, October 20, 2022 10:21 AM |
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IZ Express #1,658: COVID-19 bivalent booster recommended for children age 5–11, and more. Read more. |
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Study: Milder COVID cases, lower viral loads in vaccinated frontline workers |
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Thursday, October 20, 2022 10:19 AM |
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A study of essential and frontline workers in six US states who tested positive for COVID-19 and received two or three mRNA vaccine doses before Delta infections and three doses before Omicron infections suggests that they had significantly milder infections and lower viral loads than their unvaccinated peers. Read more. |
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Occupational Hazard: COVID-19 False Positives in Lab Workers |
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Thursday, October 20, 2022 10:17 AM |
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A new study analyzed genes in nasal swabs from asymptomatic people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Read more. |
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A Dental Infection Control Glossary |
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Thursday, October 20, 2022 10:15 AM |
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There is some important infection control terminology that every dental professional should know. Experts weigh in on the key points for every clinician. Read more. |
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Dr. Anthony Fauci reflects on over 50 years of public service |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 04:04 PM |
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Jonathan Karl sits down with Dr. Anthony Fauci on "This Week." Read more. |
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Inequities Found in Flu Vaccine Uptake |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 04:02 PM |
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Increasing flu vaccination through more targeted outreach can help lower disparities. Read more. |
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Inequities in Flu Vaccine Uptake |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 04:00 PM |
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More Vaccination Needed for People from Some Racial/Ethnic Groups. Read more. |
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Where BQ.1 is most prevalent: 5 notes on the new COVID-19 variant |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 03:57 PM |
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CDC estimates indicate a new omicron variant, BQ.1, and its descendent BQ.1.1 account for 11.4 percent of cases nationwide. The pair have been dubbed "escape variants" for their ability to escape immunity and are currently most prevalent in New York and New Jersey, where they account for nearly 20 percent of new infections. Read more. |
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Historical Perspective: Lessons from SARS-CoV-1 |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 03:54 PM |
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efore the emergence of COVID-19, this precursor virus was a global concern. Read more. |
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Protecting workers from monkeypox: Cal/OSHA issues guidance |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 09:56 AM |
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New guidance from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is aimed at protecting workers from monkeypox – a viral disease that spreads mostly through close, intimate contact with someone who’s infected. Read more. |
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Infection control review: More viewpoints to consider |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 09:54 AM |
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In part two of this series, Maryanne Ferree, PHDHP, BS, RDH, and Nicole Giesey, MBA MSPTE, BSDH, RDH, look at infection control from the perspectives of the dental equipment manufacturer, the product supply purchaser, and the business owner. Read more. |
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CDA Journal editorial about emotional understanding in the dental office receives William J. Gies Editorial Award |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 09:42 AM |
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Dr. Kerry K. Carney, a dentist in Benicia, California, who is in her 14th year as editor-in-chief of the CDA Journal, received the William J. Gies Editorial Award for "Sad or Mad: Fear and Loss of Control in the Pandemic." This is the seventh Gies Editorial Award for the CDA Journal. Read the winning editorial in the April 2021 issue of the Journal. Read more. |
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Study Shows Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccines and Boosters |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 09:10 AM |
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As colder temperatures settle in and people spend more time gathered indoors, cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses almost certainly will rise. That’s why, along with scheduling your annual flu shot, it’s now recommended that those age 5 and up should get an updated COVID-19 booster shot [1,2]. Not only will these new boosters guard against the original strain of the coronavirus that started the pandemic, they will heighten your immunity to the Omicron variant and several of the subvariants that continue to circulate in the U.S. with devastating effects. Read more. |
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Boston University says reports it created new, more lethal COVID strain are ‘false and inaccurate’ |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022 09:07 AM |
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Boston University did not create a new, more lethal strain of COVID-19 in its laboratory. Read more. |
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A multicenter comparison of prevalence and predictors of antimicrobial resistance in hospitalized patients before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic |
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022 01:18 PM |
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Antibacterial therapy is frequently used in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) without evidence of bacterial infection, prompting concerns about increased antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We evaluated trends in AMR before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Read more. |
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CDC notes ocular monkeypox cases, needlestick infection |
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022 01:15 PM |
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In the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published two monkeypox studies, one that details five cases of ocular monkeypox and a case study of a nurse in Florida who contracted the disese through a needlestick injury. Read more. |
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Monkeypox Virus Infection Resulting from an Occupational Needlestick — Florida, 2022 |
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022 01:13 PM |
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In August 2022, the Florida Department of Health notified CDC of a nurse who acquired monkeypox through an occupational exposure while providing care to a patient with monkeypox. To date, occupationally acquired Monkeypox virus (MPXV) infections in health care personnel (HCP) have been rarely reported during the 2022 multinational outbreak (1,2). This report describes the first reported U.S. case and recommends approaches for preventing occupationally acquired MPXV infections in HCP. Read more. |
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Monkeypox cases in the U.S. are way down — can the virus be eliminated? |
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022 01:11 PM |
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Just a few months ago, it looked like the U.S. had lost its chance to eliminate the spread of monkeypox – that is, stamp out the outbreak and get cases down to zero, except for new infections that come from abroad. Read more. |
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CDC: Signs point to an early start for flu season, with cases already ticking up in parts of the U.S. |
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022 01:08 PM |
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Before the Covid-19 pandemic emerged, influenza trackers would begin reading tea leaves around this time of the year, looking for signs of whether there would be an early start to the flu season in the northern hemisphere and which of the various flu viruses might be responsible for the most cases over the coming winter. Read more.
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A Case Study to Demonstrate Noise and Ergonomic Issues in the Workplace |
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Monday, October 17, 2022 10:09 AM |
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October is National Protect Your Hearing Month and National Ergonomics Month. Read more. |
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No filling, no drilling: An expert’s guide to the top tooth tech of 2022 |
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Monday, October 17, 2022 10:07 AM |
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Are you a daily flosser? Or have you been avoiding the dentist since the 20th century? Either way, here are some major dental innovations over the past decade. Read more. |
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