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Data shows decline in mental, physical health among college students one year into COVID-19

Following research about college students from before COVID-19 with a survey at the pandemic's Year I mark, an international team of scientists detected no improvement in the students' mental well-being even after the introduction of vaccines and the easing of social distancing methods, let alone a return to campuses in many instances.

2 Dec 2021

Hospitals refused to give patients ivermectin. Lockdowns and political pressure followed.

One Montana hospital went into lockdown and called police after a woman threatened violence because her relative was denied her request to be treated with ivermectin.

2 Dec 2021

COVID-19 pandemic has a long-lasting impact on the future of nursing, survey reveals

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., a leading provider of advisory and workforce solutions, including contingent staffing, permanent placement and other consultative services for healthcare clients, today announced the results from a nationally represented survey of nurses and nursing students showing that the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced long-lasting negative perceptions of their future careers.

1 Dec 2021

With federal covid sick leave gone, workers feel pressure to show up at work

Economists and public health experts alike say paid sick leave is an essential tool — like testing, masks and vaccines — in the effort to prevent covid-19 infection and keep workplaces safe.

30 Nov 2021

Predicting the far-field transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoors

Researchers from the UK predicted the infection rate by the far-field airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoors.

30 Nov 2021

Effects of social class, ethnicity, and gender on burden of COVID-19 mortality

The researchers determined if opportunities for remote work correlated with COVID-19 deaths for sociodemographic groups.

26 Nov 2021

Acute SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy associated with placental ACE2 shedding

A new study, published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, hypothesized that ACE-2 expression and ADAM17 activity in the placenta is affected by the timing of SARS-CoV-2 infection of the mother.

24 Nov 2021

Previous trauma can affect patients during pregnancy, childbirth and after

Josie Granner, a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, studies the childbearing year for new parents who are survivors of trauma and post-traumatic stress.

23 Nov 2021

What does the future look like for bleeding disorders?

In this interview, we speak to Assad Haffar, the Medical and Humanitarian Aid Director at the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH).

23 Nov 2021

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody using electrochemical biosensing based on hydrogen bonding

Turkish researchers discuss their rapid electrochemical biosensing platform to detect the SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody.

22 Nov 2021

Study shows higher health care costs and worse outcomes for incontinent patients

Higher cost of care and worse patient outcomes are associated with incontinence and incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) in acute care settings, according to analysis published in the Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, the official journal of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society.

18 Nov 2021

AI and whole genome sequencing improve quick detection of infectious disease outbreaks

By coupling machine learning with whole genome sequencing, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University scientists greatly improved the quick detection of infectious disease outbreaks within a hospital setting over traditional methods for tracking outbreaks.

17 Nov 2021

Patients get stranded out of network as insurer-hospital contract talks fall apart

In September, when Shelly Azzopardi went to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital with abdominal pain, she didn't worry about her insurance.

17 Nov 2021

Congressional doctors lead bipartisan revolt over policy on surprise medical bills

The detente that allowed Congress to pass a law curbing surprise medical bills has disintegrated, with a bipartisan group of 152 lawmakers assailing the administration's plan to regulate the law and medical providers warning of grim consequences for underserved patients.

17 Nov 2021

COVID-19 fatality disparities among working class in California

A recent study evaluates whether there is any correlation between the victims of COVID-19 and their occupation.

15 Nov 2021

How rural communities are losing their pharmacies

Batson's Drug Store seems like a throwback to a simpler time. The independently owned pharmacy in Howard, Kansas, still runs an old-fashioned soda counter and hand-dips ice cream. But the drugstore, the only one in the entire county, teeters on the edge between nostalgia and extinction.

15 Nov 2021

CDC's NIOSH to host a special virtual event on the mental health of critical health workforce

CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will host a special virtual event with NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, and other national experts from labor and medicine on the mental health of the nation's critical health workforce.

12 Nov 2021

How low can they go? Rural hospitals weigh keeping obstetric units when births decline

As rural hospitals struggle to stay financially stable, their leaders watch other small facilities close obstetrics units to cut costs.

12 Nov 2021

Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy results in longer treatment-free survival for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma

Patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who received the checkpoint inhibitor combination nivolumab (Opdivo) plus ipilimumab (Yervoy) experienced longer treatment-free survival (TFS) over a 42-month period than patients who received the targeted therapy sunitinib (Sutent), regardless of the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium (IMDC) risk group, according to new analysis of the CheckMate-214 clinical trial.

10 Nov 2021

Minority neighborhoods in New York experienced a greater improvement in air quality during lockdown

Minority neighborhoods in rural New York experienced a disproportionately greater improvement in air quality compared to other neighborhoods, according to new research conducted at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

10 Nov 2021

Labor News and Research

Data shows decline in mental, physical health among college students one year into COVID-19

Hospitals refused to give patients ivermectin. Lockdowns and political pressure followed.

COVID-19 pandemic has a long-lasting impact on the future of nursing, survey reveals

With federal covid sick leave gone, workers feel pressure to show up at work

Predicting the far-field transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoors

Effects of social class, ethnicity, and gender on burden of COVID-19 mortality

Acute SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy associated with placental ACE2 shedding

Previous trauma can affect patients during pregnancy, childbirth and after

What does the future look like for bleeding disorders?

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody using electrochemical biosensing based on hydrogen bonding

Study shows higher health care costs and worse outcomes for incontinent patients

AI and whole genome sequencing improve quick detection of infectious disease outbreaks

Patients get stranded out of network as insurer-hospital contract talks fall apart

Congressional doctors lead bipartisan revolt over policy on surprise medical bills

COVID-19 fatality disparities among working class in California

How rural communities are losing their pharmacies

CDC's NIOSH to host a special virtual event on the mental health of critical health workforce

How low can they go? Rural hospitals weigh keeping obstetric units when births decline

Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy results in longer treatment-free survival for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma

Minority neighborhoods in New York experienced a greater improvement in air quality during lockdown

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Exploring the G:Box and for high-quality imaging

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