The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that screening adults and adolescents at increased risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has moderate net benefit. These findings form the basis of a final recommendation ...
Dec 16, 2020
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Healthy Lactobacillus bacteria in the vagina are critical for women's health, but the accumulation of additional bacterial genera can imbalance the vaginal ecosystem. Such an imbalance may result in bacterial metabolism of ...
Dec 3, 2020
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The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety last week released a special report looking at the sector's response to COVID-19.
Oct 7, 2020
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COVID-19 infections have spread rapidly through nursing homes despite a ban on visitors to the facilities. A new study co-authored by Yale SOM's Judith A. Chevalier finds one likely explanation: staff members who work at ...
Aug 21, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Conducting point-prevalence surveys in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) can inform cohorting and infection prevention and control (IPC) activities to reduce transmission, according to research published in ...
Jul 3, 2020
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Screening for symptoms of COVID-19 and self-quarantine are good at preventing sick people from spreading the coronavirus. But more and more evidence is suggesting that people without symptoms are spreading the virus too. ...
Jun 23, 2020
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First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body.
May 26, 2020
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New recommendations for best practice for infection prevention and control in healthcare settings, to help stop the spread of COVID-19, have been developed by the University of Adelaide's JBI, an international research organization ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing infection prevention and control expert says untrained store workers unaware of easy transfer of germs including viruses, bacteria
Mar 25, 2020
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The World Health Organization called for "aggressive" action in Southeast Asia to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus, warning Tuesday that some countries were heading towards community transmission of the deadly disease.
Mar 17, 2020
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