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EU regulators start review of China’s Sinovac vaccine
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The European Union’s drug regulator announced Tuesday that it has started a rolling review of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to assess its […]
Needle Anxiety Behind J&J COVID Vaccine Reaction Clusters: Study
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) Anxiety was the cause of 64 vaccine reactions, including fainting, in people who got the […]
Brazil hits 82,000 Covid deaths in April, new monthly record
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Brazil registered 2,595 new deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total for April to 82,266, the second consecutive monthly record as […]
1 in 5 Patients on Kidney Dialysis Say No to COVID-19 Vaccine: Study
FRIDAY, April 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) About 20% of Americans on kidney dialysis are reluctant to get a COVID-19 shot, according to a new study. Kidney […]
People with mental illnesses report worsening symptoms during lockdown
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People with pre-existing mental health conditions have reported challenges posed by the COVID-19 lockdowns, such as the loss of normal coping routines, […]
U.S. May Ease Outdoor Mask Rules
Possible easing of mask requirements outdoors are among new recommendations for fully vaccinated people expected to be announced Tuesday by the Biden administration. Last week, the […]![Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Hospitalized Patients [Screening & Decision Support Tools for Nurses] thumbnail](https://blog.pepid.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AWS-Blog-Hero.jpg)
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Hospitalized Patients [Screening & Decision Support Tools for Nurses]
The Nurses role in recognizing & responding to Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome April is Alcohol Awareness Month. 5.3% of people 12 and older in the U.S. (equaling 14.5 […]
India virus surge drives record global daily cases
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a dying cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 (yellow), the virus that causes COVID-19. Credit: NIAID Integrated Research Facility, Fort Detrick, […]
You & Your Friends Are Vaccinated. So Why Is Socializing Again Scary?
Latest Mental Health News By Sarah D. Collins HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) Heather Gould, a wedding planner in Sonoma, Calif., always had […]
CVST with Thrombocytopenia following J&J COVID-19 Vaccine
Immediate pause in the use of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine As of April 13, the CDC and FDA called for an immediate a pause in the use […]
Study of ‘breakthrough’ cases suggests COVID testing may be here to stay
Teresa Rozza of Rockefeller’s Clinical Genomics Lab runs COVID saliva tests for the whole university community. Credit: Matthew Septimus In rare cases, people who have been […]
Brain Injuries Raise Long-Term Risk of Stroke
WEDNESDAY, April 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) People who suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) have a significantly higher risk for stroke for years afterward, U.K. researchers […]
Researchers test technological support with robots and functional electrical stimulation
Credit: Robotics and functional electrical stimulation for stroke rehabilitation. https://eprints.aihta.at/1302/ Some robots can create an additional clinical benefit in the rehabilitation of stroke patients as a […]
It’s a Scream: Human Brains Alert to Positive Shrieks
Latest Mental Health News FRIDAY, April 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) Screams have different meanings, and you’re likely to respond quicker to screams of joy than to […]
Sweat sensor could alert doctors, patients to looming COVID cytokine storm
A wristwatch-like device measures cytokine levels in passive sweat. Credit: Kai-Chun Lin Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors recognized that patients who developed a “cytokine storm”—a […]
U.S. Overdose Deaths Soared During COVID-19 Pandemic
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, April 15, 2021 — There were more than 87,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States from October 2019 to September […]
WHO urges pause in market sale of captured live wild animals
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The United Nations’ health agency on Tuesday urged countries to suspend the sale of live animals captured from the wild in food […]
Antibody Cocktail May Curb Infection in Unvaccinated Who Are Exposed to COVID-19
By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters MONDAY, April 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) People living with someone who has COVID-19 appear to get powerful protection […]Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Hospitalized Patients [Screening & Decision Support Tools for Nurses]
The Nurses role in recognizing & responding to Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome April is Alcohol Awareness Month. The rate of alcohol-related visits to U.S. emergency departments have […]
Thailand faces growing outbreak ahead of New Year travel
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Thai authorities struggled to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak just days before the country’s traditional Songkran New Year’s holiday, when millions of […]
March 20, 2021
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have used a genetic engineering strategy to dramatically reduce levels of tau—a key protein that accumulates and becomes tangled in the […]
March 19, 2021
Microscope image showing muscle stem cells produced using the newly discovered chemical cocktail. Muscle cells, in red, are integrating into injured muscle, in green, of an […]
March 18, 2021
This model shows the structure of the spike protein in its closed configuration, in its original D614 form (left) and its mutant form (G614). In the […]
March 18, 2021
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Older age at the time of conception and alcohol consumption during pregnancy have long been known to impact fetal development. Now, a […]
March 16, 2021
Catrina Mugglin MD, MSc, Department of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital Credit: C. Muggli Research team Inselspital and University of Bern found an above average […]
March 6, 2021
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, in a collaboration the Duke University, have confirmed that monoclonal antibodies can be an […]
March 4, 2021
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An international team of bioethicists and scientists, led by a researcher at Case Western Reserve University, contends it may be justified to […]
February 28, 2021
Credit: RUDN University Biologists from RUDN University confirmed that a well-known spasmolytic drug called hymecromone can suppress the inflammatory response in astrocytes, important glial cells of […]
February 25, 2021
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The pandemic has made clear the threat that some viruses pose to people. But viruses can also infect life-sustaining bacteria and a […]