Search Tag: COVID-19

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Major-healthcare-impacts-of-covid-19

2022 21 Dec

“Health at a Glance: Europe 2022” outlines the impact of the pandemic on health services across Europe, from primary care to hospital treatment, and the disruptions this placed on the care delivered to non-COVID-19 patients.    The pandemic and the measures implemented to prevent transmission of the virus led to an unprecedented decline in people’s...Read more

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Ten-high-income-countries-report-the-effects-of-covid-19-burnout-on-primary-care-physicians

2022 02 Dec

According to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund, the COVID-19 pandemic increased the workloads of many primary care physicians, which led to widespread burnout, and impacted the quality of care. This has been the case in all 10 surveyed high-income countries.   The report compares changes in physician workload, stress, emotional distress,...Read more

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The-kings-fund-annual-conference-2022

2022 01 Nov

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Newly-funded-project-aims-to-monitor-impact-of-covid-19-variants

2022 04 Oct

A three-year project, known as END-VOC, will analyse data from 28 established cohort studies in 23 countries, collaborating with 19 partners across the world. This large-scale study, funded by the European Commission, and led by UCL, aims to collect this data to better detect and improve understanding of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.   The purpose is...Read more

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Schadenfreude-is-not-acceptable-how-german-journalism-gets-me

2022 26 Aug

My dear readers,   It is time for thoughts from the island again. Before I share more, I hope you are all okay – despite the heat waves. As I said in my previous articles, what will be next? What else do we have to overcome, or is this our future - living and dealing with extreme situations, i.e. pandemics, war, climate chaos etc.?   This...Read more

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Impact-of-covid-on-violence-against-healthcare-report-published-by-icn-icrc-ihf-and-wma

2022 19 Jul

Survey results show that the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened violence against healthcare, with a documented increase of incidents in many countries. Health personnel and their patients, as well as healthcare facilities and ambulances, are subject to persistent acts of violence in all regions of the world. The results of a global survey conducted...Read more

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Omicron-has-half-the-risk-of-long-covid-compared-to-delta

2022 21 Jun

New research shows that the Omicron variant is less likely to cause Long-COVID compared to the Delta variant. The findings are published in The Lancet.  This is the first peer-reviewed study to report the risk of Long-COVID associated with the Omicron variant. As per the NICE guidelines, Long-COVID is defined as new or ongoing symptoms four weeks...Read more

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Fda-approves-covid-19-vaccine-for-children-under-five

2022 19 Jun

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given emergency use authorisation to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for children under five. Vaccine advisors at the CDC have voted unanimously in support of the measure. As a result, the COVID-19 vaccine can now be given to children as young as six months old.  The Pfizer vaccine is good for...Read more

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The-nursing-workforce-needs-greater-investment

2022 13 May

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) released its International Nurses Day (IND) toolkit on 12 May 2022, a report that provides multisectoral guidance to nursing stakeholders globally. In releasing this document, ICN’s goal is to support the implementation of the WHO Global Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery: 2021-2025 (SDNM) . The...Read more

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Digitalisation-in-healthcare-embracing-digital-front-doors

2022 29 Apr

Herbert Staehr serves as Global Head of Transforming Care Delivery for Siemens Healthineers, driving the company’s activities and messaging around delivering high-value care. In this capacity, he develops and executes programmes and outreach strategies aimed at healthcare providers around the world, as well as stakeholders in every branch of the healthcare...Read more

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Vaccines-provide-everyone-a-chance-to-live-a-fulfilling-life-1

2022 25 Apr

The World Health Organization (WHO) will focus on the theme of ‘Long Life for All’ for World Immunization Week, 24-30 April 2022. The goal is to bring people to understand that vaccines let us to pursue our dreams, protect our loved ones, and make it possible for us to live a long & healthy life.   Every April, World Immunization Week brings people frRead more

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The-omicron-xe-variant

2022 14 Apr

Omicron XE is spreading in the U.K. and elsewhere. This variant comes as the U.K. faces a surge of new COVID-19 infections. Currently, 1 in 14 people (6.9% of the population) are estimated to test positive for COVID-19.   This variant is a hybrid of Omicron: BA.1 (the original Omicron strain) and BA.2 (the more infectious and dominant strain in...Read more

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Cma-health-summit-series-2022

2022 11 May

Session 1 29 March Session 2 May 11, 2022 | 12:30 to 2:00 pm ET Session 3 May 26, 2022 | 7:00 – 8:30 pm ET Session 4 June 8, 2022 | 6:00 to 8:30 pm ET Find CMA On Social Media Read more

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Siemens-healthineers-and-unicef-partner-to-help-improve-access-to-healthcare-in-sub-saharan-africa

2022 17 Feb

Siemens Healthineers and UNICEF enter a partnership to help optimize Point-of-Care (POC) diagnostics networks The partnership is designed to strengthen health systems strained by the protracted COVID-19 pandemic and foster community engagement Siemens Healthineers and the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF today announced a partnership...Read more

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Medical-gaslighting-long-covid-and-possible-predictive-blood-test

2022 14 Feb

Many individuals with COVID-19 report symptoms lasting for over four weeks, but for some, these symptoms persist past 12 weeks. Some described extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, cognitive dysfunction, i.e. ‘brain fog’, or a persistent loss of taste or smell.   The prevalence of this symptom cluster, colloquially known as ‘Long-COVID’, has been...Read more

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Endemic-is-not-harmless

2022 28 Jan

Aris Katzourakis, PhD, professor of evolution and genomics at St. Hilda’s College (Oxford, U.K.), warns that misuse of the word ‘endemic’ is encouraging complacency. In an epidemiological context, ‘endemic’ means that the infection rates are in equilibrium, neither rising nor falling. It does not describe the infection’s severity or its health consequences....Read more

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Europes-unvaccinated-are-dropping-out-of-society

2022 18 Jan

After little over two years, governments worldwide are still dealing with the challenge of ending the COVID-19 pandemic. For many, vaccines have been available for a year, but a loud minority has refused them and the vaccination certificates that accompany them.    Many nations have imposed stricter rules and restrictions on the unvaccinated to...Read more

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Pfizer-ceo-says-omicron-targeted-vaccine-is-most-likely-outcome

2022 11 Jan

Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Albert Bourla said a redesigned COVID-19 vaccine that specifically targets the Omicron coronavirus variant is likely needed and his company could have one ready to launch by March. Bourla said Pfizer and partner BioNTech SE are working on both an Omicron-targeted vaccine version as well as a shot that would include both...Read more

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Aaos-2022-annual-meeting

2022 22 Mar

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Omicron-disruptions-around-the-world

2022 05 Jan

On Monday in the U.S where 62% of the entire population is vaccinated, 1,080,211 new COVID-19 cases were reported, a figure double of that four days prior and a new global record for a single country. On Tuesday, the U.K., France, and Australia also reached record levels, each reaching 200,000, 270,000 and 65,000 daily cases for the first time. In...Read more

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World-governments-react-to-omicron

2021 28 Dec

Around the world, government leaders and advisors are planning strategies for mitigating Omicron impact, which infects previously vaccinated individuals. Although Onicrom produces less severe disease than earlier COVID-19 strains, the variant’s substantially greater transmissibility creates other problems. Massive staffing shortages resulting from...Read more

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Supreme-court-fight-looms-for-u-s-covid-19-vaccine-mandate

2021 23 Dec

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for businesses with at least 100 workers and health care workers on 7 January. This follows a recent ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, which lifted an injunction that blocked the Occupational Safety and Health...Read more

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Pfizer-receives-u-s-fda-emergency-use-authorization-for-novel-covid-19-oral-antiviral-treatment

2021 22 Dec

PAXLOVID™ (nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332] tablets and ritonavir tablets) is authorized for emergency use in both high-risk adults and high-risk pediatric patients 12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kg EUA based on clinical data from EPIC-HR study, showing PAXLOVID reduced risk of hospitalization or death by 89% (within three days of symptom...Read more

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Eu-approves-5th-covid-19-vaccine-by-novavax

2021 22 Dec

The European Commission granted conditional marketing authorisation for Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine for individuals 18 years or older. The U.S. biotech, Novavax , currently holds emergency use authorisations for its two-dose vaccine in the Philippines and Indonesia and has received emergency use listing from the World Health Organization. Unlike...Read more

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Santexpo-2022

2022 17 May

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Covid-19-vaccinations-a-long-term-strategy

2021 15 Dec

The World Health Organization labelled the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 a ‘variant of concern’ because of its potential to evade immunity conferred by prior infection and the current COVID-19 vaccines. These vaccines are directed against previous versions of the spike protein, which the virus uses to enter human cells. The possibility...Read more

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The-omicron-variant-of-south-africa

2021 27 Nov

On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new Omicron variant of South Africa to be ‘of concern’, WHO’s most serious category. The new SARS-CoV-2 variant features over 30 mutations in the spike protein that the virus uses to infect human cells. Since effective antibodies and vaccines are directed to previous versions of the spike...Read more