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Musculoskeletal disorders related to dental hygienist profession.. |
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Monday, July 25, 2022 09:47 AM |
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Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are occupational illnesses concerned with different classes of professionals; dental hygienists are among those. The aim of this trial is to evaluate MSDs prevalence and significance of the symptoms in a sample of dental hygienists. Read more. |
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White House to launch effort to develop next generation of Covid vaccines |
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Monday, July 25, 2022 09:45 AM |
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The Biden administration is preparing a sweeping initiative to develop a next generation of Covid-19 immunizations that would thwart future coronavirus variants and dramatically reduce rates of coronavirus infection or transmission, building on current shots whose impact has been mainly to prevent serious illness and death, the White House told STAT. Read more. |
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Demonstrating the Ability to Protect Healthcare Personnel from COVID-19 in High-Risk Settings. |
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Monday, July 25, 2022 09:43 AM |
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought about stresses to the U.S. healthcare workforce never seen before. Since early in the pandemic, reports have abounded of healthcare personnel (HCP) being infected, sometimes resulting in severe outcomes and death. Read more. |
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Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization |
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 11:30 AM |
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Monkeypox is an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand ‘too little’, and which meets the criteria of an emergency under International Health Regulations. Read more. |
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Monkeypox Outbreak: Updates on the Epidemiology, Testing, Treatment, and Vaccination |
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 11:28 AM |
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This COCA call will provide updates on the epidemiology of the monkeypox outbreak, commercial testing capability, how to obtain and use TPOXX (Tecovirimat) to treat monkeypox, and vaccine strategy. Read more. |
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BA.5 variant is 'one of the largest surges we’ve had' |
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Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:36 AM |
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UW Medicine Infectious Diseases physician Dr. John Lynch says the BA.5 variant’s apparent strength in evading previous immune protection is driving a summer surge in new COVID-19 cases. Read more. |
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Two children diagnosed with monkeypox in U.S., officials say |
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Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:34 AM |
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Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the U.S., health officials said Friday. Read more. |
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UN health agency chief declares monkeypox a global emergency |
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Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:32 AM |
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The chief of the World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency. Read more. |
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Largest monkeypox study to date highlights new symptoms |
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Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:30 AM |
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Many of the people infected in an international monkeypox outbreak experienced a single lesion or sore in their mouth or on their genitals, a departure from typical symptoms of the virus that could lead to clinicians to misdiagnose monkeypox as another sexually transmitted infection (STI). Read more. |
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Demonstrating the Ability to Protect Healthcare Personnel from COVID-19 in High-Risk Settings |
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Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:28 AM |
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought about stresses to the U.S. healthcare workforce never seen before. Since early in the pandemic, reports have abounded of healthcare personnel (HCP) being infected, sometimes resulting in severe outcomes and death. Read more. |
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Legislation Seeks to Expand Dental Care to US Reserve Component Members |
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Friday, July 22, 2022 03:11 PM |
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The proposed Healthcare for our Troops Act (HR 3512) would expand both medical and dental benefits to reserve component members of the United States Armed Forces, which includes the Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve. Read more. |
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Your body remembers common cold coronaviruses from childhood. How can you get the same immunity to COVID-19? |
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Friday, July 22, 2022 03:09 PM |
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COVID-19 boosters may lead to a stable antibody and T cell population in years to come. Read more. |
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COVID shield: spray coating to shield surfaces from viruses, bacteria |
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Friday, July 22, 2022 03:08 PM |
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A first-of-its-kind sprayable coating that can prevent the surface spread of infection from bacteria and viruses - including COVID-19 - over a sustained period –– has been developed by a team of Australian researchers. Read more. |
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The Role of Health Care Laundry in Infection Prevention |
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Friday, July 22, 2022 11:18 AM |
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Environmental sources of pathogen organisms can sometimes be difficult to narrow down in a health care facility. One possible source of transmission is the laundry used, and not maintaining strict cleanliness attention can put both patients and workers at risk. Read more. |
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Oral manifestations of congenital Zika virus infection in children with microcephaly: 18-month follow-up case series |
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Friday, July 22, 2022 09:05 AM |
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Children with microcephaly attributed to CZS presented oral manifestations early in life. Read more. |
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Barriers to and facilitators of opioid prescribing by dentists in the United States: A qualitative study |
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Friday, July 22, 2022 09:03 AM |
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Dentists in the United States frequently prescribe opioids for dental-related pain, although evidence shows superior efficacy of nonopioids for pain management. A national sample of US dentists was interviewed to understand the barriers and facilitators to opioid prescribing. Read more. |
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N.Y. state detects polio case, first in the U.S. since 2013 |
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Thursday, July 21, 2022 04:24 PM |
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New York State reported Thursday that it has detected a case of vaccine-derived polio in a person in Rockland County, north of New York City, the first such recorded case in the United States since 2013. Read more. |
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BA.2.75 detected in at least 7 states |
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Thursday, July 21, 2022 04:22 PM |
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At least 18 cases of the newest omicron subvariant BA.2.75 have been confirmed in seven U.S. states as of July 20, early disease surveillance data shows. Read more. |
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Why is Monkeypox Evolving So Fast? |
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Thursday, July 21, 2022 04:20 PM |
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The virus circulating in the current outbreak has mutated 50 times in the past four years. Read more. |
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Large study ties COVID-19 to 6-fold increase in heart diseases |
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Thursday, July 21, 2022 04:19 PM |
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A new study involving more than 428,000 COVID-19 patients found the infection is tied to a sixfold increase in heart disease diagnoses in the weeks after infection, compared to those without COVID-19. Read more. |
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MMWR Weekly - July 22, 2022 |
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Thursday, July 21, 2022 04:16 PM |
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Weekly / Vol. 71 / No. 29. Read more. |
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COVID-19 tied to new-onset, short-term heart disease, diabetes |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 08:42 PM |
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COVID-19 patients are six times more likely than uninfected people to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) and nearly twice as likely to receive a new diabetes diagnosis, but the risk begins to recede at 5 weeks and 12 weeks, respectively, concludes a UK study published yesterday in PLOS Medicine. Read more. |
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Officials reorganize HHS to boost pandemic response |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 08:40 PM |
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Plan would elevate ASPR, which plays key role in emergencies, to be an agency on par with CDC, FDA. Read more. |
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IZ Express #1,643: “Vaccines: COVID-19” page updated with new CDC and FDA resources for vaccination of young children, and more |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 08:37 PM |
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IZ Express #1,643: “Vaccines: COVID-19” page updated with new CDC and FDA resources for vaccination of young children, and more. Read more. |
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Recommendations for the Novavax COVID-19 Primary Series in Adults Ages 18 and Older |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 08:35 PM |
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COVID-19 vaccination provides protection against serious illness and outcomes associated with COVID-19, including emergency department or urgent care visits, hospitalizations, and death. The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is the first COVID-19 protein subunit vaccine recommended for use in the United States that is built on a familiar type of vaccine technology. Read more. |
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Dental practices can reduce the spread of monkeypox through awareness, screening and infection control |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 04:21 PM |
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The CDC recently urged health care providers in the U.S. to “be alert for patients who have rash illnesses consistent with monkeypox, regardless of whether they have travel or specific risk factors for monkeypox and regardless of gender or sexual orientation.” The risk of monkeypox transmission in dental practices is low, but as health care providers, dentists and dental teams can take steps now to minimize the virus’s spread. Read more. |
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Watch: Infectious Disease Expert Says No Reason for Alarm With New COVID Strain |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 04:19 PM |
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UCSF infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong says there’s no reason to be alarmed by the new omicron subvariant strain of COVID, but we should always respect COVID and take measures to protect ourselves. Read more. |
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CDC Recommends Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Adults |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 04:17 PM |
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Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine be used as another primary series option for adults ages 18 years and older. Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, which will be available in the coming weeks, is an important tool in the pandemic and provides a more familiar type of COVID-19 vaccine technology for adults. Having multiple types of vaccines offers more options and flexibility for the public, jurisdictions, and vaccine providers. Read more. |
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What to know about smallpox vaccines for monkeypox virus |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 04:15 PM |
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Two vaccines are available in the U.S. Read more. |
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Statement from NIH and BARDA on the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 04:13 PM |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine be used as another primary series option for adults in the United States ages 18 years and older. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) previously authorized for emergency use the protein-based vaccine, known as NVX-CoV2373. Read more. |
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CDC panel recommends Novavax vaccine as BA.5 gains more ground |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 04:08 PM |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisers today recommended the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for the primary series in adults, which comes as two more transmissible Omicron subvariants expanded their dominance to more than 90% of sequenced specimens. Read more. |
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Measure Dx: A Resource To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 04:06 PM |
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Diagnostic errors are major contributors to patient harm. Strategies to identify and analyze these events are still emerging, but several show promise for use in operational settings. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has developed Measure Dx to help healthcare organizations identify diagnostic safety events and gain insights for improvement. Read more. |
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10% of COVID-19 survivors may develop craniomandibular disorders |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 08:54 AM |
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Approximately 1 in 10 survivors of severe COVID-19 may develop craniomandibular disorders (CMDs) within six months following prolonged intubation, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Read more. |
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Vaccine-Induced Immune Response to Omicron Wanes Substantially Over Time |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 08:52 AM |
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Although COVID-19 booster vaccinations in adults elicit high levels of neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, antibody levels decrease substantially within 3 months, according to new clinical trial data. The findings, published today in Cell Reports Medicine, are from a study sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The trial was led by NIAID’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium. Read more. |
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It’s not just heat stroke. Extreme temperatures pose special risk to people with chronic illness (and that’s a lot of us) |
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 08:51 AM |
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Asweltering 112 degrees Fahrenheit in North Texas. 97 in Minneapolis. 103 in Nebraska. A record 104 in London. Temperatures across the United States and other parts of the world are soaring in the kind of extreme heat waves that are expected to become more common with climate change. Read more. |
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