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Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 possibly more likely to infect the vaccinated: officials |
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 01:25 PM |
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New York City health officials are warning residents that the infectious omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 may be more likely to infect people who have already been vaccinated or infected with COVID-19. Read more. |
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Learning from the pandemic vs. repeating it |
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 01:21 PM |
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Casual personal conversations in the midst of upright drink-in-hand holiday crowds provide a snapshot of the prevalent sentiments of the day. I received such leading questions in conversations at gatherings in December. The content reveals broad misunderstandings, a distrust of science, and a rapid movement away from the lessons learned during the pandemic. Read more. |
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Pittsburgh infectious disease expert comments on rise of COVID-19 cases after holidays, new variant |
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 01:19 PM |
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Traveling and gatherings for the recent holidays had health experts warning of an increase in COVID-19 cases in the winter. Read more. |
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CDC & FDA Identify Preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signal for Persons Aged 65 Years and Older |
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Thursday, January 19, 2023 12:31 PM |
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Transparency and vaccine safety are top priorities for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). U.S. government agencies use multiple, complementary safety monitoring systems to help detect possible safety signals for vaccines and other medical countermeasures as early as possible and to facilitate further investigation, as appropriate. Often these safety systems detect signals that could be due to factors other than the vaccine itself. Read more. |
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Analysis: A longer view on COVID-19 antibodies |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 12:45 PM |
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New analysis shows antibody responses equalize over time, but transplant patients, individuals with autoimmune diseases may get ‘left behind’. Read more. |
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Ark.'s 1st dental school names founding dean |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 12:41 PM |
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Dr. Burke Soffe has been appointed as the founding dean of the Lyon College School of Oral Health and Dental Medicine, Arkansas' first dental school. Read more. |
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When will long COVID-19 symptoms ease? New study offers clues |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 12:38 PM |
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Most long COVID-19 symptoms among people who had a mild infection ease within a year, according to findings published Jan. 11 in The BMJ. Read more. |
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More than half of patients with TB had no symptoms before testing positive |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 12:36 PM |
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Researchers found high rates of tuberculosis among high-risk patients who sought care at primary health care clinics, many of whom had no preceding symptoms suggesting a high rate of subclinical TB. Read more. |
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US flu activity declines further |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 12:30 PM |
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Flu activity continues in the United States, but markers continue to decline across most of the country, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly update, which covers the week ending Jan 7. Read more. |
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US XBB.1.5 levels continue steady rise |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 12:27 PM |
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It its latest variant projections today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the proportion of the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant continue to rise, with much of it concentrated in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic states, where the virus is dominant. Read more. |
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Dental decay: Pandemic could have far-reaching effects on oral health, Rutgers expert says |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 12:25 PM |
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With research showing dentistry has as much to do with preventative health care as keeping pearly whites shining, local leaders in the practice are concerned with the interruptions to routine mouth maintenance throughout the pandemic. Read more. |
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US Department of Labor announces annual adjustments to OSHA civil penalties for 2023 |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 12:39 PM |
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The U.S. Department of Labor announced changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2023. Read more. |
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42% of people filled their respiratory devices with unsafe water, study finds |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 12:36 PM |
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Nearly 1 in 4 study participants admitted filling their respiratory devices with tap water, which can be unsterile, according to a CDC study. Read more. |
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Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a living guideline, 13 January 2023 |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 12:29 PM |
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The Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a living guideline consolidates infection prevention and control (IPC) technical guidance developed and published during the COVID-19 pandemic into evidence-informed recommendations for IPC. This living guideline is available both online and PDF. Read more. |
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Amid tripledemic, clinicians must redouble infection-control efforts |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 12:27 PM |
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COVID-19 continues to claim about 400 lives a day in the U.S. But it’s not acting alone. Many hospital intensive care units are running at 80% capacity due to the “tripledemic” of influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus infection (RSV) brought on by a relaxing of public health mitigation measures. Flu and RSV have appeared much earlier in the season than usual and have posed a major challenge for children’s hospitals and contributed to long wait times in emergency departments. Read more. |
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Flu, RSV, or COVID-19? Convergence of Three Viruses Creates Risk of Diagnostic Errors |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 12:24 PM |
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With the arrival of colder weather, it is likely that healthcare practitioners will see a spike in influenza (flu) and COVID-19 cases, particularly with the circulation of new Omicron subvariants. Read more. |
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Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. hospitalized patients experience harmful events, study finds |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 12:22 PM |
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Experts say U.S. hospitals still have a long way to go to improve patient safety. Read more. |
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Slide in measles vaccination rate among kindergartners raises alarm |
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 12:18 PM |
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New data underscores concern that parental resistance to childhood immunizations may fuel a resurgence of the disease in the U.S. Read more. |
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CDC, FDA Announce Safety Signal Related to the Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine |
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Monday, January 16, 2023 12:51 PM |
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The two agencies said one of the vaccine surveillance systems prompted an investigation into whether there was asafety concern for ischemic stroke in seniors for this booster. Read more. |
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Data provide more evidence that breastfeeding moms' COVID vaccination protects babies |
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Monday, January 16, 2023 12:48 PM |
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A small new study—this one analyzing antibodies in infants' stool samples—provides further evidence that the breast milk of women vaccinated against COVID-19 may help protect babies who are too young to receive the vaccine, according to findings published today in the Journal of Perinatology. Read more. |
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Routine vaccinations drop among U.S. kindergartners for the third year in a row |
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Monday, January 16, 2023 12:44 PM |
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The percentage of U.S. kindergartners who’ve received standard childhood vaccines took a small but notable dip into the 2021-2022 school year, health officials said Thursday, amid disruptions related to Covid-19 and fears that anti-vaccine sentiment stirred up by the pandemic could be spreading to other shots. Read more. |
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XB what? BQ huh? Do you need to keep up with Omicron’s ever-expanding offspring? |
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Monday, January 16, 2023 12:41 PM |
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It’s like clockwork now. Every few months, we’re warned that the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned yet another subvariant, this one even more transmissible than the ones it is fast overtaking. Read more. |
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Dugoni gets $350K to build new oral surgery center |
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Monday, January 16, 2023 12:38 PM |
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The University of the Pacific's Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry has been awarded $350,000 to build a new ambulatory surgical center at its San Francisco campus. Read more. |
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February webinar stresses importance of waterline safety |
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Monday, January 16, 2023 12:30 PM |
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Presenter of Feb. 16 live stream is author of revised edition of ADA Practical Guide to Effective Infection Prevention and Control. Read more. |
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WHO weighs in on Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant; US extends COVID health emergency |
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Monday, January 16, 2023 12:27 PM |
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The World Health Organization (WHO) advisory group on virus evolution said the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant is poised to drive an increase in COVID-19 cases, but it cautioned that confidence in its assessment is low, because most of the information is based on data from just one country—the United States. Read more. |
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Effectiveness of Selected Air Cleaning Devices During Dental Procedures |
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Sunday, January 15, 2023 03:48 PM |
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The recent COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the necessity of protecting health care providers (HCPs) against the transmission of infectious agents during dental procedures. To this end, the effectiveness of several air cleaning devices (ACDs) in reducing HCPs exposure to aerosols generated during dental procedures was estimated, separately or in combination with each other. Read more. |
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IZ Express #1,672: Medicare Part D eliminates out-of-pocket costs for ACIP-recommended vaccines, and more |
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Sunday, January 15, 2023 03:46 PM |
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IZ Express #1,672: Medicare Part D eliminates out-of-pocket costs for ACIP-recommended vaccines, and more. Read more. |
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Developing mucosal vaccines for respiratory viruses |
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Sunday, January 15, 2023 03:43 PM |
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NIH experts offer perspective on next-generation approaches. Read more. |
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Pa. county will be national test site for home-based approach to testing and treatment of COVID-19 |
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Sunday, January 15, 2023 03:36 PM |
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Berks County will become the first community in the United States to participate in a pilot program aimed at protecting against COVID-19 and providing home treatment. Read more. |
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Mysterious U.S. Outbreak of Bone-Eating Tuberculosis Resembled an Ancestral Form |
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Sunday, January 15, 2023 03:33 PM |
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Driving force behind strange tuberculosis outbreak was solved by a Duke collaboration. Read more. |
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The XBB1.5 COVID-19 variant: 7 questions, answered |
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Sunday, January 15, 2023 03:31 PM |
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A new COVID-19 subvariant called XBB1.5 is on the rise across the U.S. Read more. |
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New WHO Antibiotic Book addresses oral and dental infections |
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Sunday, January 15, 2023 03:28 PM |
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Launched during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week in November 2022, the publication provides evidence-based guidance on antibiotic use in healthcare settings to combat resistance. Read more. |
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Occupational hazards among dental hygienists: Risk level assessment of scaling work. |
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Saturday, January 14, 2023 03:29 PM |
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This study aimed to classify occupational hazards of ultrasonic scaling by factor and to identify the distribution of occupational risk levels of the study participants according to occupational hazards. In addition, the relationship between the general characteristics of dental hygienists and the occupational risk level of scaling was investigated. Read more. |
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UNF study finds dual COVID and flu vaccination reduces infection rates |
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Saturday, January 14, 2023 03:27 PM |
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University of North Florida Brooks College of Health faculty recently published a study showing dual COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccinations are associated with reduced infection rates and can be an effective strategy to reduce the contagious respiratory disease burden during the winter. Read more. |
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Telehealth cuts health care’s carbon footprint and patient’s costs during pandemic |
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Saturday, January 14, 2023 03:23 PM |
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A study by UC Davis Health researchers assessed telehealth visits’ carbon footprint and their potential savings in lives, costs and time compared to in-person visits. It included data from five University of California health care systems over the pandemic’s first two years. Read more. |
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