PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care

Since the development of Sanger sequencing in 1977, sequencing technology has played a pivotal role in molecular biology research by enabling the interpretation of biological genetic codes. Today, nanopore sequencing is one of the leading third

Influenza, tetanus, diphtheria, and herpes zoster (HZ) vaccination received within 10 years of the COVID-19 pandemic have been associated with less severe COVID-19 infection. We expanded on this evidence to determine if a receiving two different

CONCLUSION: Less than two thirds of the study participants had good knowledge, attitudes, and practices overall about the COVID-19 pandemic. Health professionals and other responsible bodies should provide public education about COVID-19 and its

The first international Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2021) was hosted virtually by the African Union (AU) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) from 14-16 December 2021. This historic three-day conference

CONCLUSION: The Hillingdon ICM showed effectiveness in reducing NEL admissions, A&E visits and LoS. However, further investigations and analyses could confirm the results of this study and rule out the potential effects of some confounding events

Transmission of human adenovirus (HAdV) infection and the associated clinical disease can be sporadic or epidemic and manifestations may range from mild infection to severe disease. HAdV has been seen to behave as a proinflammatory virus that can

A preemptive multi-hop contact tracing scheme that tracks not only the direct contacts of those who tested positive for COVID-19, but also secondary or tertiary contacts has been proposed and deployed in practice with some success. We propose a

To understand trends in U.S. cannabis-involved emergency department (ED) visits (i.e., those for which cannabis use was documented in the chief complaint or a discharge diagnosis) among young persons aged <25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC used National Syndromic Surveillance Program data to examine changes in ED visits during 2019-2022. Mean weekly cannabis-involved ED visits among all young persons were higher during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 2021, and 2022, compared with...

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic raised concerns about potential cardiac damage when infected athletes returned to sport. Swiss sports medicine and cardiology quickly published guidelines to manage this risk, proposing appropriate investigations and a gradual

CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic reduced lung cancer screening participation, especially among the older adult population in Akita Prefecture, resulting in a decrease in lung cancer diagnoses through screening. This might have reduced the number of