Mar 17th, 2023 - For Immediate Release: March 17, 2023 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency: Today, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Cue Mpox (Monkeypox) Molecular Test for use in a point-of-care (POC) setting. The Cue Mpox (Monkeypox) Molecular Test is molecular-based test intended to detect monkeypox virus DN...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic created unexpected challenges for health care workers. The global and national supply chain system was disrupted, and affected infection, prevention and control (IPC) practices. This study aimed at documenting health workers knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) on IPC in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic. The descriptive, mixed-methods cross-sectional s...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Effective masking policies to prevent the spread of airborne infections depend on public access to masks with high filtration efficacy. However, poor face-fit is almost universally present in pleated multilayer disposable face masks, severely limiting both individual and community respiratory protection. We developed a set of simple mask modifications to mass-manufactured disposable masks, the ...

Mar 16th, 2023 - The Coronavirus disease (a highly infectious viral disease) quickly swept across the globe in 2020, causing mortality and severe respiratory illnesses. It quickly affected businesses and publicly provided services in United Arab Emirates (UAE), imposing significant costs to society. The general population of UAE was jittery and unsure how to address the problem. The focus turned on government a...

Mar 15th, 2023 - Medical students should act as a model for the community in terms of compliance with preventive practices toward COVID-19. The aim of this study was to assess adherence to preventive behaviors related to COVID-19 among medical students and to identify its associated factors. We conducted a cross-sectional survey in October 2020 in the faculty of medicine of Monastir. We included a representativ...

Mar 13th, 2023 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. The takeaway of a recent Cochrane review that masks don't work is an "inaccurate and misleading interpretation," the editor-in-chief of the Cochrane Library said in a statement. A bill to declassify information on the origins of COVID passed the House and is headed to President Biden's desk. (Politico) And the World Health Organization's director-...

Mar 13th, 2023 - During the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have imposed various social restrictions on a massive scale. This Viewpoint discusses current issues about the legality of restrictions and current knowledge about how to prevent the spread of Sars-Cov-2. Although vaccines are already available, other basic public health measures are needed to suppress the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and reduce the COVID...

Mar 12th, 2023 - The interplay of physical, social, and economic factors during the pandemic adversely affected the mental health of healthy people and exacerbated pre-existing mental disorders. This study aimed to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the general population in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study involving 1246 participants was conducted. A validated questionnaire ...

Mar 12th, 2023 - The first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic were times of great change in the lives of university students and their families in Spain. The aim of this study was to explore the psychosocial aspects and preventive measures carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic by students and family members of the nursing degree students of the University of Valladolid (Spain). The number of people surveyed was ...

Mar 12th, 2023 - Since its outbreak, health authorities have launched vigorous COVID-19 health promotion campaigns. This study assesses ride-hailing operators' COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Ghana, with the aim of engendering precautionary behaviour among the populace. A complementary mixed methods approach was adopted. This involved a cross-sectional survey of 1014 participants who were also a...

Mar 12th, 2023 - Transmission of COVID-19 occurs predominantly through respired droplets and aerosols containing the SARS-CoV-2 virus. As a solution, face masks have been used to protect against infection. Wearing face masks during indoor exercises is essential to prevent the spread of virus-containing respiratory droplets and aerosols. However, previous studies have not investigated all elements, including the...

Mar 11th, 2023 - Masks proved to be necessary protective measure during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they provided a physical barrier rather than inactivating viruses, increasing the risk of cross-infection. In this study, high-molecular weight chitosan and cationised cellulose nanofibrils were screen-printed individually or as a mixture onto the inner surface of the first polypropylene (PP) layer. First, biopoly...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Public libraries-trusted institutions with broad population reach-are well positioned to partner with public health departments to advance community health. In 2020 through 2022, Prince George's County Memorial Library System assumed increasing responsibility in the local COVID-19 pandemic response by providing information and expanded services to county residents. With additional private fundi...

Mar 8th, 2023 - COVID-19 is considered to be very contagious as it can be spread through multiple ways. Therefore, exposure risk of healthcare workers (HCWs) treating COVID-19 patients is a highly salient topic in exposure risk management. From a managerial perspective, wearing personal protective equipment and the risk of accidents occurring during aerosol generating procedures applied to COVID-19 patients ar...

Mar 7th, 2023 - For Immediate Release: March 07, 2023 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency: Today, the FDA issued a Letter to Health Care Providers about our expanded work to evaluate the potential risk of exposure to toxic compounds when using hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis systems that have parts made of chlorinated peroxide cur...

Mar 7th, 2023 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. Four Americans missing in Mexico have been identified as a group of friends traveling to undergo a medical procedure. (CNN) Some U.S. parents misled others about their children's COVID status which may have contributed to the spread of the virus, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open. The Biden administration is contemplati...

Mar 7th, 2023 - The fractional order SEIQRD compartmental model of COVID-19 is explored in this manuscript with six different categories in the Caputo approach. A few findings for the new model's existence and uniqueness criterion, as well as non-negativity and boundedness of the solution, have been established. When RCovid19<1 at infection-free equilibrium, we prove that the system is locally asymptotically s...

Mar 5th, 2023 - Limited research indicated patients were largely amenable to seeing medical students pre-pandemic. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the potential risk of nosocomial transmission and harm to patients from students. Patient opinions regarding these risks remain unexplored, which impacts elicitation of informed consent. We aim to identify these, and explore whether reflection on the ...

Mar 2nd, 2023 - Initial response strategies to the COVID-19 pandemic were heavily reliant on nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), a set of measures implemented to slow or even stop the spread of infection. Here, we reviewed key measures used during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some NPIs were successful in reducing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Personal protective measures such as face masks were widely used, an...

Mar 2nd, 2023 - We examined changes in people's trust in information sources in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic over the course of 1 year and investigated longitudinal associations between trust in such sources and engaging in infection prevention behaviors. We conducted a longitudinal survey of Japanese populations under a declared state of emergency at two time points, August 2020 and August 2021. We surv...