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Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the Omicron surge in patients on dialysis: The role of antibody responses and vaccine doses |
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022 01:33 PM |
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In a recent study published in JASN, a third COVID-19 mRNA vaccine dose in adults with kidney failure who were on dialysis enhanced patients’ protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection during the Omicron-dominant period. A patient’s response to vaccination or prior infection—as measured by circulating anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels—was also an important predictor for subsequent risk of infection. Read more. |
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Why Confirming The Origin of COVID-19 Matters |
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022 01:31 PM |
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Until recently, there were multiple theories about the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Finger-pointing, politics, and mis- and disinformation soured the discussion, but researchers have continued to prod for answers. Read more. |
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Recognize Safe + Sound Week 2022: August 15-21, 2022.. |
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022 01:27 PM |
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Safe + Sound is a year-round campaign to encourage every workplace to have a safety and health program. Read more. |
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UK takes world’s first step toward omicron-tailored COVID booster |
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022 01:20 PM |
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The U.K. has granted the world’s first approval for a COVID-19 vaccine targeting a variant in a bid to sharpen its response to an evolving coronavirus. Read more. |
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US Public Health Service Chief Dental Officer to Retire |
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Monday, August 15, 2022 05:49 PM |
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Timothy L. Ricks, DMD, MPH, FICD, who has served as the United States Public Health Service Chief Dental Officer for the past 4 years, will retire at the end of August. Read more. |
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Multiple shots of the BCG vaccine protect type 1 diabetics from COVID-19 |
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Monday, August 15, 2022 05:48 PM |
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The researchers found that 12.5% of placebo-treated individuals and 1% of BCG-treated individuals met criteria for confirmed COVID-19, yielding a vaccine effectiveness of 92%. Read more. |
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Risk of SARS-CoV-2 among health care workers according to patient exposure, mask type |
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Monday, August 15, 2022 05:46 PM |
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Researchers compared the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 among 2,900 health care workers by preferred mask type and level of exposure to patients with COVID-19. Read more. |
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Hypertension common among poorest, least educated around the world |
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Monday, August 15, 2022 05:44 PM |
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Estimated to be the leading cause of death, more interventions are needed to lower blood pressure in low/middle-income countries. Read more. |
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The dental hygienist’s guide to dental pain and pain management |
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Monday, August 15, 2022 10:37 AM |
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In part one of this two-part series on the challenges of effectively and efficiently managing dental pain, Tom Viola, RPh, CCP, discusses the concept and physiology of pain and the pharmacology of the agents used in its management. Read more. |
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Biggest polio threat in years prompts alarms from New York to California |
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Monday, August 15, 2022 09:37 AM |
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Delays in getting children vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic and antivaccination sentiment in general may be fueling the most serious threat of polio in the U.S. in years, raising alarms from New York to California. Read more. |
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Talking about cancer: Patient responses to raising awareness of oral cancer in primary dental care |
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Monday, August 15, 2022 09:35 AM |
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Dentists and other members of the dental team could raise awareness by talking about oral cancer during routine dental check-ups. A communication guide has been developed to facilitate this. However, it has been suggested that discussions about oral cancer may raise patients' anxiety and this has been documented by dentists as a barrier to having these conversations. The current research aimed to investigate implementation of the communication guide and its impact on the dental patient. Read more. |
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Private Practice Dentists Improve Antibiotic Use After Dental Antibiotic Stewardship Education From Infectious Diseases Experts |
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 12:03 PM |
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Private practice dentists represent 72% of United States dentists. We conducted a prospective cohort study of private practice dentists comparing antibiotic use before and after dental antibiotic stewardship education by infectious diseases (ID) antibiotic stewardship experts. Read more. |
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COVID-19 and the School Year Ahead (Aug. 13, 2022) |
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 12:02 PM |
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Pediatric ID physicians Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, FPIDS, PIDS president, and Andrea Shane, MD, MPH, discuss COVID-19's impact on the school year ahead. Read more. |
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Surge in infectious diseases was inevitable, Dr. Michael Osterholm says |
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 12:00 PM |
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From COVID-19 to polio to monkeypox, infectious disease threats have dominated the headlines and public discourse in recent weeks. Read more. |
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Health Care Utilization in the 6 Months Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 11:58 AM |
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These findings suggest that health care systems should consider long-term strategic resource allocation in response to the expected elevated health care utilization experienced by patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection for at least 6 months following the acute stage of infection. Read more. |
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Polio found in NYC wastewater; local circulation likely |
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 11:56 AM |
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Wastewater surveillance has now detected polio in samples from New York City, suggesting further local spread in the wake of earlier detections in two nearby counties, Rockland and Orange, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and NYC Health announced today. Read more. |
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WHO renames lineages of monkeypox, moving away from geographic links |
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 11:54 AM |
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The World Health Organization on Friday renamed the two branches of the monkeypox virus, moving away from identifying them with geographic titles and instead giving them Roman numerals. Read more. |
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Indoor Air Management of Airborne Pathogens Lessons, Practices, Innovations |
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Friday, August 12, 2022 02:25 PM |
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The Environmental Health Matters Initiative (EHMI) of the National Academies invites you to register for the first workshop in our three-part series on Indoor Air Management of Airborne Pathogens building upon the 2020 workshop on the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. These workshops will explore strategies needed for airborne disease control and risk reduction in enclosed places by drawing on accumulated community and institutional knowledge, on-the-ground observations of indoor environments management during the pandemic, and novel and promising scientific discoveries. Read more. |
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How to Protect Yourself and Others |
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Friday, August 12, 2022 02:18 PM |
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There are many ways your actions can help protect you, your household, and your community from severe illness from COVID-19. CDC’s COVID-19 Community Levels provide information about the amount of severe illness in the community where you are located to help you decide when to take action to protect yourself and others. Read more. |
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IDSA on New CDC Changes to Post-COVID-19 Infection Recommendations |
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Friday, August 12, 2022 02:17 PM |
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Updated recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on masking and isolation post-COVID-19 infection are a positive sign that advances in vaccines and treatments have significantly lowered the risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death from the disease. However, with much of the country experiencing higher than 20% transmission rates, we cannot let our guard down. Read more. |
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Isolation and Precautions for People with COVID-19 |
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Friday, August 12, 2022 02:15 PM |
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If you were exposed to COVID-19, you should start taking precautions. Read more. |
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Recovering from burnout: 5 steps to reclaim your life |
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Friday, August 12, 2022 02:13 PM |
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Burnout can completely devastate a person’s outlook on life as well as their overall state of well-being. To move forward, you must recognize its signs and identify ways to overcome it and enjoy your career and life. Read more. |
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Health conditions a dentist might find that have nothing to do with your teeth |
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Friday, August 12, 2022 09:27 AM |
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A visit to the dentist's office could provide a glimpse into your heart and brain health. Read more. |
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Benefits of Getting A COVID-19 Vaccine |
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Friday, August 12, 2022 09:24 AM |
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There are many benefits of getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Read more. |
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Friday, August 12, 2022 09:22 AM |
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What is long COVID and what are common presentations of it? Read more. |
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Infection Prevention Strategies Concordance in Canadian Dental Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Friday, August 12, 2022 09:20 AM |
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The aim of this research was to identify variation in specific infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies across all dental schools in Canada and to evaluate the concordance concerning COVID-19 pandemic-related IPC strategies reported by clinic directors or IPC officers (CDs/IPCOs) and those reported by students, staff, and faculty in the schools. Read more. |
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Was your at-home rapid antigen COVID-19 test negative? Do it again, FDA says |
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Friday, August 12, 2022 09:13 AM |
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You swabbed the inside of your nose and performed the at-home rapid antigen test for COVID-19 and thankfully, it was negative. Read more. |
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MMWR Weekly - August 12, 2022 |
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 07:57 PM |
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Weekly / Vol. 71 / No. 32. Read more. |
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CDC unveils streamlined COVID-19 guidance |
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 04:55 PM |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today updated its COVID-19 guidance, which deemphasizes distancing measures and focuses on protecting the most vulnerable groups. Read more. |
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CDC loosens coronavirus guidance, signaling strategic shift |
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 04:50 PM |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday loosened many of its recommendations for battling the coronavirus, a strategic shift that puts more of the onus on individuals, rather than on schools, businesses and other institutions, to limit viral spread. Read more. |
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Got Flu? Here’s How Long You’ll Be Contagious |
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 04:47 PM |
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When the leaves change colors. When your cozy sweater comes back from its summer vacation in the back of your closet. When everything is flavored with pumpkin spice. It can only mean one thing. Flu season is coming. Read more. |
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Is Polio Resurging? Readers’ Questions Answered by Infectious Disease Expert |
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 04:45 PM |
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Infection Control Today® asked Matt Pullen, MD, the questions from our readers about the NY polio patient. Read more. |
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Polio Elimination in the United States |
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 04:42 PM |
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n the late 1940s, polio outbreaks in the U.S. increased in frequency and size, disabling an average of more than 35,000 people each year. Parents were frightened to let their children go outside, especially in the summer when the virus seemed to peak. Read more. |
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What scientists know — and don’t know — about how monkeypox spreads |
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 10:04 AM |
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The explosive trajectory of monkeypox to nearly 90 countries since the current outbreak was detected in the United Kingdom in mid-May has caught many governments off-guard, and created confusion about how monkeypox spreads from person to person. Read more. |
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10 reasons why dentists do -- and don't -- prescribe opioids |
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 10:02 AM |
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A dentist's decision whether or not they will prescribe opioids is influenced by several factors and their personal experiences. Researchers identified 10 major factors that impact dental opioid prescriptions in a recent study published in the Journal of the American Dental Association. Read more. |
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