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A Bivalent Omicron-Containing Booster Vaccine against Covid-19 |
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Sunday, September 18, 2022 11:03 AM |
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The safety and immunogenicity of the bivalent omicron-containing mRNA-1273.214 booster vaccine are not known. Read more. |
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Monkeypox infection: Risk for oral healthcare provider |
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Sunday, September 18, 2022 11:00 AM |
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The spread of other known viruses such as Monkeypox and West Nile in countries where the disease is not endemic poses new challenges for healthcare professionals. Read more. |
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Pain on the job: How bad is it? |
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 05:32 PM |
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Poor ergonomics can cut short your career and cause debilitating health issues. But many common issues have relatively easy solutions that can significantly improve your level of pain, and your life. Read more. |
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4 Trends Showing People are Heading Back to the Dentist |
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 05:29 PM |
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In the wake of the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are becoming more comfortable getting back in the dental exam chair. More patients are addressing oral aches and pains caused by pandemic-induced stress and prioritizing their pearly whites as masks are shed and visible smiles emerge. Read more. |
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Put the mouth back in the body |
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 05:27 PM |
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As part of a presentation delivered on September 13 at the 231st Meeting of the National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council, former Harvard School of Dental Medicine dean Dr. R. Bruce Donoff related two examples that stress the importance of a partnership between dentistry and medicine to ensure optimal patient-centered care. Read more. |
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Study: 20% of COVID-19 survivors report symptoms 2 years later |
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 05:26 PM |
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Two years after hospital release, nearly 20% of COVID-19 survivors in Wuhan, China, reported persistent, new-onset, or worsening symptoms, finds a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open. Read more. |
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Low risk of monkeypox spread noted in health workers |
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Saturday, September 17, 2022 05:24 PM |
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In a report today of 313 healthcare workers (HCWs) exposed to monkeypox in Colorado, none of them contracted the virus, despite few wearing the recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) or receiving postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) vaccination. Read more. |
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Study Suggests Portable Thermal Imaging Could Help Assess Hand Hygiene Technique Among Healthcare Professionals |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 08:41 PM |
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Findings published in AJIC show promise of novel approach to monitor and improve a critical and challenging component of infection control. Read more. |
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Typical movement behavior at large events increases risk of spreading infectious diseases |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 08:38 PM |
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What is the typical movement behaviour of visitors to large events, such as concerts, and what does this mean for the risk of spreading infectious diseases like COVID-19? A group of researchers from the Informatics Institute at the University of Amsterdam, together with an epidemiologist from the Utrecht University, set out to investigate using data from events in a large stadium in Amsterdam. Their results have now been published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports. Read more. |
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KSAT 12: UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry to open special-care clinic after receiving federal grant |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 08:35 PM |
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Peter Loomer, DDS, PhD, dean of the School of Dentistry, was interviewed for this story. Read more. |
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COVID-19–Induced Diabetes |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 08:33 PM |
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The review summarizes the literature on COVID-19–induced diabetes and the pathophysiologic mechanisms involved. Patients with COVID-19–induced diabetes have higher mortality rates and adverse outcomes compared with patients with COVID-19 who had preexisting diabetes. Read more. |
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Changes in Smoking Cessation–Related Behaviors Among US Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 08:30 PM |
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The authors of this cross-sectional study evaluated the changes in smoking cessation–related behavior from 2011 to 2020, a period that included the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time since 2011, they found a decrease in the rate of quit attempts between the years 2019 and 2020. The largest decrease was seen among smokers aged 45 to 64 years, those with two or more comorbidities, and Black individuals. Read more. |
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World Patient Safety Day 2022 |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 11:33 AM |
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Medications are the most widely utilized interventions in health care, and medication-related harm constitutes the greatest proportion of the total preventable harm due to unsafe care, let alone the economic and psychological burden imposed by such harm. Acknowledging this substantial burden and recognizing the complexity of medication-related harm prevention and reduction, "Medication Safety" has been selected as the theme for World Patient Safety Day 2022. Read more. |
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Sept. 17 is World Patient Safety Day: 3 things to know |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 11:31 AM |
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Medication safety is the core focus of the World Health Organization's 2022 World Patient Safety Day, held annually on Sept. 17. Read more. |
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Scientists debate how lethal COVID is. Some say it's now less risky than flu |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 11:29 AM |
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Has COVID-19 become no more dangerous than the flu for most people? Read more. |
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MMWR Weekly - September 16, 2022 |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 11:27 AM |
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Weekly / Vol. 71 / No. 37. Read more. |
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Should I get the new COVID-19 booster? Here’s what you need to know |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 11:25 AM |
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Everyone should get the new COVID-19 booster, experts say, even if you have gotten previous vaccinations or come down with COVID-19 during the omicron wave in late 2021 and early 2022. Read more. |
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COVID-19 Scan for Sep 15, 2022 |
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Friday, September 16, 2022 11:23 AM |
COVID booster efficacy against Omicron ; Risk of Omicron death. Read more. |
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Get Ahead of Sepsis – Know the Risks. Spot the Signs. Act Fast. |
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Thursday, September 15, 2022 04:50 PM |
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September is Sepsis Awareness Month. Read more. |
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What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?. |
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Thursday, September 15, 2022 04:47 PM |
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What are the types of AI and how do they differ? Read more. |
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Lessons learned in COVID-19: SHEA offers guidance for antibiotic use in a pandemic |
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Thursday, September 15, 2022 04:44 PM |
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Turning to antibiotics amid uncertainty increased antimicrobial resistant infections. Read more. |
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COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Needs to Continue to Strengthen Oversight of Infection Prevention and Control |
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Thursday, September 15, 2022 12:08 PM |
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe illness and death in many nursing homes across the U.S. We also found that some indicators of resident mental and physical health worsened during the pandemic. Read more. |
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WHO policy brief: Maintaining infection prevention and control measures for COVID-19 in health care facilities, 14 September 2022 |
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Thursday, September 15, 2022 12:07 PM |
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Health care facilities remain a high-risk SARS-CoV-2 transmission setting because they are locations where patients at risk of severe COVID-19 are admitted and cared for. Read more. |
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OSHA Inspection Numbers Rebounding Close to Pre-Pandemic Level |
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Thursday, September 15, 2022 12:05 PM |
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OSHA should meet its fiscal year 2022 goal of conducting 31,400 inspections across all types of workplaces after the Covid-19 pandemic put a deep crimp in those numbers in the past two years, according to the agency’s construction directorate boss, Scott Ketcham. Read more. (Registration required) |
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NIH-funded team develops method to identify future SARS-CoV-2 mutations that could affect rapid antigen test performance |
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Thursday, September 15, 2022 12:03 PM |
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A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health has shown that commercially available rapid antigen tests can detect past and present variants of concern and has identified potential mutations that may impact test performance in the future. As new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continue to emerge, concerns have been raised about the performance of rapid antigen tests. Read more. |
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Nation’s 1st monkeypox death reported in California |
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Thursday, September 15, 2022 12:00 PM |
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A Los Angeles County resident has died from MPX — the nation’s first confirmed fatality linked to the disease, public health officials said Monday. Read more. |
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IZ Express #1,652: COVID-19 resources to prepare for bivalent booster doses, and more |
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 03:50 PM |
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IZ Express #1,652: COVID-19 resources to prepare for bivalent booster doses, and more. Read more. |
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Forecasting COVID-19 surges based on SARS-CoV-2 mutation surveillance |
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 03:48 PM |
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In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers predicted surges in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections based on alterations in SARS-CoV-2 mutations. Read more. |
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Understanding oral health in HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer in people with HIV |
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 03:46 PM |
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Little is known about why people living with HIV have a much higher rate of oral human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) than the general population. And it’s not only those with advanced untreated HIV infection, known as AIDS. Read more. |
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Immunity Lessons From COVID-19: Natural Infection vs Vaccination |
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 03:42 PM |
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Investigators have learned invaluable lessons from 2 and a half years of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly on human immunity. Is natural infection better for long-term protection against COVID-19 or is vaccination? What does the data say? Read more. |
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Researchers Call in a Swarm of Tiny, Tooth-Scrubbing Robots |
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 03:39 PM |
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The concept of a toothbrush—essentially bristles-on-a-stick—hasn’t changed much as a technology since the Babylonians and ancient Egyptians walked the earth over 5,000 years ago. Now, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania aim to transform tooth cleaning with a swarm of microscopic “robots” that can do the job of a toothbrush, dental floss, and oral rinse all in one, as the video above shows. The NIDCR-supported study, published in the journal ACS Nano, demonstrates the feasibility of the robotic system, which could one day be adapted for use in humans. Read more. |
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NIOSH Counterfeit N95 Challenge |
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 12:02 PM |
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Help make counterfeit N95 respirators a thing of the past! Share your proposal for spreading the word about fake N95 respirators. Read more. |
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40% of COVID pneumonia patients still had lung problems at 1 year |
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 11:45 AM |
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A pair of new studies describe long-COVID findings, one from Spain showing that nearly 40% of bilateral pneumonia patients had impaired lung diffusion 1 year after hospitalization, and the other from England demonstrating that double-vaccinated adults were 41% less likely than their unvaccinated peers to report symptoms 3 months or more after infection. Read more. |
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Two US cases of monkeypox-related brain inflammation raise concern |
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 11:43 AM |
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Two US monkeypox patients developed encephalomyelitis—inflammation of the brain and spinal cord—in the week after symptom onset, one in Colorado and one in Washington, DC, suggesting neurologic complications are a potential outcome of monkeypox infections. The cases are described today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Read more. |
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Vaccines for common pathogens could help fight antimicrobial resistance |
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022 03:17 PM |
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Vaccines against common health care-associated, resistant pathogens could be a key in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, according to data presented at the World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress. Read more. |
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