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Over 1 in 3 people affected by neurological conditions, the leading cause of illness and disability worldwide
Monday, March 18, 2024 03:15 PM
A major new study released by The Lancet Neurology shows that, in 2021, more than 3 billion people worldwide were living with a neurological condition. The World Health Organization (WHO) contributed to the analysis of the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor Study (GBD) 2021 data. Read more. 
 
CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Impact Wellbeing™ Campaign Releases Hospital-Tested Guide to Improve Healthcare Worker Burnout
Monday, March 18, 2024 02:31 PM
As part of the first federal campaign to address healthcare worker burnout, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today released an evidence-informed and actionable guide for the nation’s hospital leaders to improve healthcare worker wellbeing – Impact Wellbeing™ Guide: Taking Action to Improve Healthcare Worker Wellbeing. This Guide is the newest addition to the Impact Wellbeing™ Campaignlaunched in October 2023, and provides a step-by-step process for hospitals to start making organizational-level changes that will impact and improve the mental health of their employees. Read more. 
 
At a glance: Pink Eye
Monday, March 18, 2024 12:09 PM
Pink eye is common, and some types of pink eye spread very easily. You can keep from spreading it to other people by washing your hands often and not sharing items like pillowcases, towels, or makeup. Read more. 
 
Health workers fear it's profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission
Monday, March 18, 2024 11:26 AM
The agency is developing a crucial set of guidelines that health care facilities will use to control the spread of infectious diseases for years to come. Read more.
 
WHO urges investments for the scale up of tuberculosis screening and preventive treatment
Monday, March 18, 2024 11:17 AM
Ahead of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, which is marked on 24 March, WHO has released an investment case for TB screening and preventive treatment. A modelling study developed with Governments of four countries - Brazil, Georgia, Kenya and South Africa - highlights the impact to be achieved from expanding TB screening and preventive treatment. Read more. 
 
Governor Mills Announces Popular Veterans Dental Care Program to Continue with Generous Donation from Northeast Delta Dental
Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:17 PM
Maine Veterans' Dental Network provides oral health services for Maine veterans who could otherwise not afford them. Read more. 
 
What Hygienists Should Say When Patients Refuse Dental Radiographs
Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:15 PM
When a dental hygienist struggles to obtain patient consent for the basic standard of care, the frustrating experience is not often forgotten. Eyes roll across the country during morning huddles when the hygienist spots a familiar patient name with the words “Overdue for x-rays” on the schedule. Read more. 
 
Transitioning new clinicians from education to practice named top patient safety concern of 2024
Sunday, March 17, 2024 12:13 PM
Nonprofit patient safety organization releases annual list of 10 patient safety threats in conjunction with Patient Safety Awareness week, March 10 to 16. Read more.
 
Top 5 Infectious Disease Stories Week of March 9
Saturday, March 16, 2024 11:31 AM
A vaccine targeting chronic HBV has entered its first human trial; Saskia Popescu, PhD, on the importance of pandemic preparedness and global health security; a successful phase 2 trial for a C diff treatment leads to the next phase; and more stories this week from Contagion. Read more. 
 
Four Years After COVID-19: What Has the Infection Prevention Community Learned?
Saturday, March 16, 2024 11:21 AM
Four years ago today, March 15, 2020, the COVID-19 lockdown began, and since then, the world has undergone significant changes. It has been a terrifying experience for everyone, especially for the infection prevention community, both within and outside of the health care sector. However, a crucial question remains unanswered: What has the infection prevention community learned from this pandemic, and where does it go from here? Read more. 
 
Measles in the United States — March 2024
Saturday, March 16, 2024 08:21 AM
Thanks to a strong childhood vaccination program, measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000. Although overall childhood vaccination rates remain high in the U.S., measles still occurs frequently in other parts of the world. That’s especially true right now. The World Health Organization has noted a significant increase in measles cases worldwide, with a 30-fold increase in Europe.  This includes popular international tourist destinations for Americans, like England. Read more. 
 
How effective are measles vaccines and do you need a booster? What to know
Saturday, March 16, 2024 08:17 AM
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, measles is considered "one of the most congtagious diseases" Read more. 
 
What happened to teledentistry after COVID-19?
Saturday, March 16, 2024 08:04 AM
After the COVID-19 pandemic, teledentistry seemed to fade away. This hygienist looks at how teledentistry could be used today if a few changes were made. Read more.
 
Brisk US flu activity continues as COVID indicators drop further
Friday, March 15, 2024 04:00 PM
The nation's flu activity remained elevated last week, with an increase in test positivity, as levels of two other respiratory viruses—COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—continued their steady declines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in updates today. Read more. 
 
Inside a push to create an NIH office for post-infection chronic illness
Friday, March 15, 2024 03:51 PM
A growing number are calling for increased research funding and the creation of a new body at the National Institutes of Health to study chronic conditions that spring from infections. Read more. 
 
Tuberculosis Cases Are Surging in California
Friday, March 15, 2024 10:49 AM
There has been a "substantial increase" in tuberculosis (TB) cases in California year over year, according to the state's Department of Public Health, while the number of people dying of the disease has also risen. Read more. 
 
Initial SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations prime immune cells to respond to subsequent variants
Friday, March 15, 2024 09:39 AM
Antibody responses to new SARS-CoV-2 variant infections and vaccinations are powerfully shaped by prior exposures to earlier SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Read more. 
 
Functional Dentistry: How Dentists Can Affect the Chronic Disease Epidemic in our Nation
Friday, March 15, 2024 09:34 AM
It’s no secret that Americans are getting sicker, quicker, as evidenced by the alarming statistics of chronic disease reaching even into our youngest population. Today 48.9% of Americans are on at least one pharmaceutical drug, 23.1% on 3 or more and 11.9% on 5 or more. More alarming is that 1 in 5 children are classified as obese. According to the CDC’s report in 2015-2016, “the prevalence of obesity was 39.8% in adults and 18.5% in children age 2-19”, a huge increase from 30.5 and 13.9% in 1999. Read more. 
 
MMWR Weekly - March 14, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024 05:24 PM
Weekly / Vol. 73 / No. 10. Read more. 
 
Linkage of In-Refrigerator Water Dispensing Systems to Elevated Exposure to Microbial Contamination at the Microbiome Scale
Thursday, March 14, 2024 05:20 PM
In-refrigerator water dispensing systems are ubiquitous in residential homes with tap water as the inflow. Read more.
 
Health Workforce Well-Being Day Celebratory Event
Thursday, March 14, 2024 05:17 PM
In an ongoing commitment to prioritize health workforce well-being, the NAM is excited to establish the Health Workforce Well-Being Day on March 18, and host a kickoff event celebrating the inaugural Day on March 11. Read more. 
 
Could cleaner air be driving rise in Legionnaire's disease?
Thursday, March 14, 2024 03:52 PM
Legionnaire's disease (LD) cases rose ninefold between 2000 and 2018, and the reasons for the dramatic global rise have been a scientific mystery. This week, a research team proposed a surprising factor: a drop in air pollution. Read more. 
 
EPA announces final rule to slash toxic emissions of ethylene oxide and reduce cancer risk.
Thursday, March 14, 2024 01:51 PM
Today, March 14, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a rule that will reduce lifetime cancer risks for people living near commercial sterilization facilities across the country. The final amendments to the air toxics standards for ethylene oxide commercial sterilization facilities put in place the strongest measures in U.S. history to reduce emissions of EtO, one of the most potent cancer-causing chemicals. Through the installation of proven and achievable air pollution controls, commercial sterilizers will reduce emissions by more than 90%. Read more. 
 
Tip sheet: A primer on the growing field of AI and dentistry
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 03:51 PM

New software products are exploding in the field of dentistry, with many in the category of detection aided by artificial intelligence. Read more. 

 

 
IZ Express #1,747: Immunize.org handouts in new languages, nirsevimab effectiveness, and more
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 01:57 PM
IZ Express #1,747: Immunize.org handouts in new languages, nirsevimab effectiveness, and more. Read more. 
 
NIH scientists find weak points on Epstein-Barr virus
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 01:32 PM
New details of EBV protein could aid treatment, prevention efforts. Read more.
 
CDC sends team to Chicago over measles outbreak
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 10:32 AM
The CDC has deployed a team to help address an ongoing measles outbreak that originated at a temporary migrant shelter in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, The Hill reported March 12. Read more. 
 
Vaccine monitoring crucial as SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to evolve
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 10:16 AM
Researchers have highlighted the importance of continued surveillance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccine performance as the virus continues to evolve. Read more. 
 
Hack at network of pediatric practices exposes patient data
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 03:23 PM
A network of pediatric dental practices in California notified patients on March 6 that it had been hit with a cyberattack and that their sensitive data, including billing information, were accessed by the hacker, according to the state's  attorney general. Read more. 
 
Vaccines Protect You & Your Kids From Measles: FDA
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 12:12 PM
As U.S. measles outbreaks make headlines once again, experts at the FDA are urging Americans to get vaccinated. Read more. 
 
Floss & Flip Flops – Episode 27 – Patient Safety Awareness with "OSHA Lady" Karen Daw
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 12:10 PM
Join the Sanders sisters and "OSHA Lady" Karen Daw as they dive deep on all things patient safety, honoring Patient Safety Awareness Week in March. Read more. 
 
Mayo Clinic Minute: What is hepatitis C?
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 11:55 AM
It's estimated that 2 to 3 million people in the U.S. are living with the hepatitis C virus, and hundreds of thousands of them are undiagnosed. That's primarily because it tends to be asymptomatic in the initial stages until liver damage sets in decades later. Read more. 
 
Why Do Some Vaccines Work Better Than Others?
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 11:15 AM
If someone is vaccinated against the measles virus, they likely won’t get measles. Read more. 
 
NIOSH eNews: Volume 21, Number 11 (March 2024)
Monday, March 11, 2024 03:52 PM
NIOSH eNews: Volume 21, Number 11 (March 2024). Read more. 
 
March is Blood Clot Awareness Month
Monday, March 11, 2024 03:46 PM
Anyone can be affected by a blood clot regardless of age, gender, or race. This Blood Clot Awareness Month, learn the signs and symptoms of a blood clot and find free resources to share with friends, family, and colleagues to help raise awareness about blood clots. Read more. 
 
Chicago, California report more measles cases
Monday, March 11, 2024 03:35 PM
Amid a small but steady rise in measles cases nationally, Chicago health officials reported a second case at a migrant shelter and California reported its third case of the year, which involves a child who had recently returned from international travel. Read more. 
 
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