One federally-funded study from researchers atHouston Methodist Hospital, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, found the Delta variant appeared to cause "a significantly higher rate of vaccine breakthrough cases" than other circulating mutant strains of the virus. Another pre-print backed by the ...
Federal health agents at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have once again overhauled their COVID-19 mask guidelines, advising fully vaccinated individuals to once again wear masks while in public indoor spaces. These recommendations are tailored to regions of the country where COVID-19...
Routine cleaning and disinfection procedures (e.g., using cleaners and water to pre-clean surfaces prior to applying an EPA-registered, hospital-grade disinfectant to frequently touched surfaces or objects for appropriate contact times as indicated on the product’s label) are appropriate for 2019-n...
According to the AP, President Joe Biden believes that mask guidelines need to mirror the successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, a rollout that now includes children as young as 12 years old. Kevin Kavanagh, MD, a member of Infection Control Today®’s Editorial Advisory Board, recently ...
vaccines. They are also advising people who have gotten the Johnson and Johnson vaccines to seek two booster doses rather than one. Dr. Mark Kline, the chief physician of Children's Hospital New Orleans, joins CBS News' Lana Zak to discuss this and other developments in the COVID-19 ...
He stressed that getting people vaccinated is a big part of how effective these guidelines will be. "We know that we're in a pandemic of the unvaccinated," he said. "When you walk through a hospital and look at the COVID patients, they are almost uniformly all not vaccinated." ...
Routine cleaning and disinfection procedures (e.g., using cleaners and water to pre-clean surfaces prior to applying an EPA-registered, hospital-grade disinfectant to frequently touched surfaces or objects for appropriate contact times as indicated on the product’s label) are appropriate for 2019-...
How a county comes to be designated green, yellow or orange will depend on its rate of new COVID-19 hospital admissions, the share of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients and the rate of new cases in the community. Mask requirements already have ended in most of the U.S...
A shopper wearing a protective mask tries on clothes at a retail store following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New York City, New York, US, July 5, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] Hospital data on coronavirus patients will now be rerouted to the Trump administration instea...
Mask Respirator |COVID-19 Oral Wellness Measures Show Mitigation in Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Zeena Nackerdien, PhD November 2nd 2024 Article Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), including ventilator-associated (VAP) and non-ventilator (NVHAP) forms, poses significant health risks, contributing ...