To use a Delphi-panel-based assessment of the effectiveness of different non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) in order to retrospectively approximate and to prospectively predict the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic progression via a SEIR model (susceptible, exposed, infectious, removed). Methods We applied an ...
sometimes I am placed in the wise elder role and asked to explain how things started and how they came to be the way they are. It can be a bit of a journey down memory lane, but then again, everything changed when COVID arrived and telehealth will never be the same. ...
In this pursuit, introspection becomes a powerful tool to examine our beliefs and behaviors, and how well they align with each other. Just as a sports team reviews game films to engage in honest conversations on how to improve, we must adopt a similar mindset when reflecting on our actions,...
The fiercest disputes have involved cancer drugs. These tend to be very expensive — especially those for advanced or rare forms of the disease — because companies need to make a return on investment from relatively small numbers of patients during short periods of treatment. In recognition of t...
The health-care economy is filled with unusual and even unique economic relationships. One of the least understood involves the peculiar roles of producer or "provider" and purchaser or "consumer" in the typical doctor-patient relationship. In most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who ...
It forms the bedrock of what we stand for and … are willing to fight for. “Some of you may know a soldier, airman, sailor or marine who did not come home: “I am an airman. I do not choose the time or place. Convenience is not in my vocabulary. “I’m a soldier. I stand...
“This venue was a great place for our girl scouts outing. I will definitely be booking for my child’s birthday party. It’s got an amazing body, a little marker, child size dentist and doctor office, they put a great show in the dental theater and the people are so polite and the...
In a letter dated February 18, 2016 and addressed to priests, scout leaders and the lay faithful of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Archbishop Carlson disbanded the Catholic Committee on Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts had been under increasing scrutiny by Catholics over the years because of its ...
Participant: Sometimes at organized clubs they are kind of like, yes we get kid’s health forms, but they come late. At school kids aren’t even allowed to tryout for the team unless you have a health form. So that kid wouldn’t be allowed to train if it was a school thing. ...
In the marine environment the major forms of As in seafood, namely arsenobetaine and arsenosugars, are considered nontoxic (Francesconi, 2010), with only 1–5% consisting of the iAs form, which is highly carcinogenic (Juncos et al., 2019; Peshut et al., 2008). We emphasize, however, tha...