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Studying the link between gum disease and Alzheimer’s disease |
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022 11:00 AM |
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Tufts University School of Dental Medicine researchers hope that targeting the bacteria that cause periodontal disease will one day slow the progress of Alzheimer’s. Read more. |
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Coinfection with Influenza A Could Suppress Replication in SARS-CoV-2 |
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022 10:58 AM |
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Coinfection of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus changes neither the trajectory, nor the severity of influenza A virus, regardless of timing. But should the host contract influenza A virus first, the response to that infection can significantly suppress SARS-CoV-2, according to research published this week in the Journal of Virology, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology. Read more. |
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Tips to Combat the Stress & Fatigue of Dental Hygiene |
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022 10:55 AM |
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Without a doubt, recent years have provided much information for the history books. From unexpected changes in everyday conveniences and societal norms to natural disasters and increasing costs of daily living, most everyone has felt some sort of imposition on the sense of financial security or independence. For the dental community, in particular, managing business needs while ensuring the retention of both staff and patients has been nothing short of a juggling act. Read more. |
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Hospital care was getting safer before pandemic hit, study shows |
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022 02:02 PM |
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Rates of in-hospital adverse events fell significantly in the 10 years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a federal study published July 12 in JAMA. Read more. |
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Pneumonic Plague Case Exposes Difficulties of Diagnosing Rare Diseases During the Pandemic |
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022 02:00 PM |
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A case of pneumonic plague, diagnosed in a Wyoming resident in 2021, highlights the difficulties associated with the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases during a respiratory disease pandemic, such as COVID-19. Read more. |
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COVID-19 Reverses Progress in Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance in U.S. |
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022 12:54 PM |
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Hospitalization related infections grew 15% from 2019 to 2020. Read more. |
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Keep Your Cool in Hot Weather! |
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022 12:50 PM |
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Learn about heat-related illness and how to stay cool and safe in hot weather. Read more. |
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Burnout syndrome in Nova Scotia dental hygienists during the COVID-19 pandemic: Maslach Burnout Inventory |
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022 12:48 PM |
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Burnout syndrome is the result of prolonged occupational stress. The syndrome has 3 dimensions: emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and reduced personal accomplishment (PA). This study aimed to examine the prevalence of the 3 dimensions of burnout in dental hygienists in Nova Scotia, Canada, (N = 745) as they returned to work during the COVID-19 pandemic following a furlough; to explore the effect of burnout during COVID-19 on dental hygienists' professional lives; and to determine the tools and methods that dental hygienists use to overcome burnout. Read more. |
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SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnosis at airports to minimize travel-related COVID-19 spread |
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022 12:46 PM |
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Following the identification of SARS-CoV-2, screening for air travel helped mitigate spread, yet lessons learned from a case study of air travel within Canada display enhanced techniques to better identify infected individuals, informing future responsive screening. While international travel bans limit infectious spread beyond a country’s borders, such measures are hardly sustainable economically and infrequently address domestic travel. Read more. |
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Hit by COVID, EU population shrinks for second year running, Eurostat says |
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022 12:44 PM |
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The European Union's population shrank for a second year running last year, the bloc's statistics office said on Monday, as the region reels from over two million deaths from the coronavirus. Read more. |
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Active Presence of Spike Protein Correlated With Long COVID |
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Monday, July 11, 2022 04:56 PM |
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An active viral reservoir of COVID-19 spike protein was detected in 65% of patients with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19. Read more. |
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First Annual Conference on Saliva-based Testing to be hosted by The SalivaDirect Initiative, Yale School of Public Health 28-29 July 2022 in Chicago, IL |
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Monday, July 11, 2022 04:54 PM |
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Experts will explore COVID-19 lessons learned about saliva-based testing and its role as a diagnostic solution for improved future public health and global emergency response. Read more. |
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Hidden genes may be tapped for new antibiotics |
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Monday, July 11, 2022 04:52 PM |
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Rice University bioscientists adapt CRISPR to trigger ‘silent’ genes in bacteria. Read more.
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Tackling Complex Scientific Questions Requires a Team Approach |
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Monday, July 11, 2022 04:50 PM |
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen unprecedented, rapid scientific collaboration, as experts around the world in discrete, previously disconnected fields, have found ways to collaborate to face a common cause. For example, physicists helped respiratory specialists understand how virus particles could spread in air, leading to improved mitigation strategies. Specialists in cardiovascular science, neuroscience, immunology, and other fields are now working together to understand and address Long COVID. Over the past two years, we have also seen remarkable international sharing of epidemiological data and information on effects of vaccines. Read more. |
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As the BA.5 variant spreads, the risk of coronavirus reinfection grows |
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Monday, July 11, 2022 11:02 AM |
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America has decided the pandemic is over. The coronavirus has other ideas. Read more. |
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New coronavirus mutant raises concerns in India and beyond |
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Monday, July 11, 2022 11:01 AM |
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The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States. Read more. |
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Updated joint statement from ECDC and EMA on additional booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines |
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Monday, July 11, 2022 10:59 AM |
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The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have updated public health recommendations on the use of additional booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines this summer and in the upcoming autumn and winter seasons. Read more. |
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Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients. There's a simple way to stop it. |
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Monday, July 11, 2022 10:57 AM |
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Brushing a patient’s teeth is basic care that often gets skipped when hospitals are busy. Experts warn the danger of unbrushed teeth is greater than realized. Read more. |
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A 19-Year Study of Dental Needlestick and Sharps Injuries in Japan |
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Sunday, July 10, 2022 09:13 AM |
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Needlestick and sharps injuries (NSIs) are serious problems for dental health care workers (DHCWs) because they are at risk for occupational blood-borne infections. In this study, risk factors for NSIs in DHCWs at Tohoku University Hospital (TUH) in Japan over 19 years were analysed. Read more. |
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The Supreme Court And The Future Of State Vaccine Requirements |
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Saturday, July 09, 2022 11:50 AM |
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After a 99-year hiatus, a global pandemic brought state vaccine mandates before the Supreme Court of the United States in its just-ended term. Read more. |
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Universal influenza B vaccine induces broad, sustained protection, biomedical sciences researchers find |
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Friday, July 08, 2022 04:21 PM |
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A new universal flu vaccine protects against influenza B viruses, offering broad defense against different strains and improved immune protection, according to a new study by researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University. Read more. |
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Mouse Study Links Changes in Microbiome to Prenatal Opioid Exposure |
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Friday, July 08, 2022 04:05 PM |
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Prenatal exposure to opioids has been linked to a range of adverse outcomes in infants, including poor fetal growth, low birthweight, possible congenital defects and a higher risk of admission to neonatal intensive care. However, less information is known about how developmental opioid exposure shapes an infant’s microbiome and how that influence may, in turn, trigger neurological or behavioral effects later in life. Read more. |
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Researchers Assess the Risk of Monkeypox Transmission Following Exposure in Healthcare Settings |
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Friday, July 08, 2022 03:28 PM |
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The risk of transmission of monkeypox in healthcare settings has important implications for infection prevention and control strategies, and for management of exposures. Read more. |
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The high cost of undertreating cardiac device infection |
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Friday, July 08, 2022 11:14 AM |
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Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), such as pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, save and extend lives. They are amazingly reliable and effective, but even the best tool comes with risks. As many as 1 in 20 patients with a CIED develops an infection within three years of implantation, and risk increases the longer a device has been implanted. Read more. |
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Connecticut Patient Had COVID for 471 Days, Evolved 3 New Lineages: Study |
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Friday, July 08, 2022 09:52 AM |
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The Connecticut cancer patient continuously tested positive for COVID-19 at high levels and appeared to evolve multiple new lineages of the virus. Read more. |
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Coin-sized device detects measles virus in saliva |
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Thursday, July 07, 2022 05:22 PM |
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Measles is one of the most infectious airborne viruses worldwide. An inexpensive and effective vaccine is available, but Measles is common in developing countries and sporadic outbreaks also occur in developed countries, primarily due to non-vaccinated people. New research published in Advanced Functional Materials describes a novel point-of-care biosensing device capable of detecting measles virions in human saliva, which may help with efforts to control viral spread. Read more. |
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Scientists develop tools for early detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater |
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Thursday, July 07, 2022 05:20 PM |
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New tools developed at Scripps Research and UC San Diego are helping public health officials around the world get vital information about pathogen variants from wastewater. Read more. |
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MMWR Weekly - July 8, 2022 |
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Thursday, July 07, 2022 03:00 PM |
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Weekly / Vol. 71 / No. 27. Read more. |
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Thursday, July 07, 2022 01:58 PM |
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NIOSH eNews - July, 2022. Read more. |
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U.S. allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxalovid |
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Thursday, July 07, 2022 01:55 PM |
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Pharmacists can prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new U.S. policy announced Wednesday that’s intended to expand use of Pfizer’s drug Paxlovid. Read more. |
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Plan calls for more funding to bring TB under control |
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Wednesday, July 06, 2022 05:04 PM |
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Tuberculosis (TB) treatment and prevention advocates today released a plan they hope will achieve the goal of eradicating the infectious disease as a public health threat by 2030. Read more. |
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Newest Omicron subvariants can evade boosters, antibody therapies |
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Wednesday, July 06, 2022 05:03 PM |
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The latest Omicron subvariants behind new COVID-19 surges in the United States and abroad have an enhanced ability to escape immunity conferred by three vaccine doses and all but one antibody therapy tested, finds a laboratory study published yesterday in Nature. Read more. |
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Estimated number of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, deaths prevented among vaccinated adults in US |
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Wednesday, July 06, 2022 05:01 PM |
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In this modeling study, COVID-19 vaccination was estimated to prevent 27 million SARS-CoV-2 infections, 1.6 million hospitalizations and 235,000 deaths among vaccinated U.S. adults 18 years or older from December 2020 through September 2021. Read more. |
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Labcorp To Begin Monkeypox Testing Today, Doubling Nationwide Testing Capacity |
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Wednesday, July 06, 2022 04:58 PM |
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Today, HIV.gov reached out to Harold Phillips, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, about this news. He noted, “As a reminder, CDC’s media statement below, ‘Labcorp To Begin Monkeypox Testing Today, Doubling Nationwide Testing Capacity,’ includes important information for all healthcare providers and others. Together, let’s help keep all of our communities informed about Monkeypox and ways to combat this disease.” Read more. |
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Opioid vs Opioid-Free Analgesia After Surgical Discharge |
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Wednesday, July 06, 2022 10:43 AM |
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The opioid crisis has raised awareness regarding opioid overprescription and abuse. This systematic review and meta-analysis of 47 clinical trials enrolling over 6600 patients who underwent various medical procedures ranging from 30 minor elective procedures (over half were dental procedures) to 17 moderate orthopedic and general surgery procedures, compared pain control outcomes and complications between opioid-dependent and opioid-free analgesia. Read more. |
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