COVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19During the Covid-19 pandemic, accurate PCR tests were augmented by the cheap, rapid, and logistically convenient, yet less sensitive antigen tests. In Israel, a testing policy shift was implemented due to limited availability of PCR tests du...
Conclusions Asymptomatic COVID-19 care homes showed no evidence of disease transmission or development of outbreaks; suggesting that current infection prevention and control measures are effective in preventing transmission. Repeat testing at 2-3 weeks had limited or no public health benefits over ...
Digital technologies are being harnessed to support the public-health response to COVID-19 worldwide, including population surveillance, case identification, contact tracing and evaluation of interventions on the basis of mobility data and communication with the public. These rapid responses leverage billi...
American and Chinese health experts have a consensus on the importance of testing and sending correct message to the public in the fight against COVID-19. HOUSTON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- American and Chinese health experts agreed Wednesday that COVID-19 testing and public health education are cr...
COVID-19 has impacted health systems unequally and widespread SARS-CoV-2 testing for community surveillance has been limited globally. This work in Malawi highlights how river and wastewater can be used to detect emerging SARS-CoV-2 waves, identify variants of concern, and provide an early warnin...
With new COVID-19 variant detections increasing, the Government of Canada recently announced further testing and quarantine requirements for travellers at land ports of entry.
However, at that time scientists and the public had little understanding of the longevity of COVID-19 antibodies, and whether they provided immunity to reinfection or transmission of the virus. 展开 关键词: Antibody testing COVID-19 Pandemics Public health Public views Qualitative research methods ...
Local public health teams are not being provided with the patient identifiable information on covid-19 cases that they need to manage and prevent local outbreaks effectively, directors of public health have said. Data they are receiving from community drive-through testing centres and home testing ...
COVID-19 is not black and white By summer 2020, I was struck by howcoronavirusrisk was still communicated as a black and white picture. As a public health researcher, I could see that there was a clear oversight in how this new disease was being classified: the public messaging was that...
What toilets can reveal about COVID, cancer and other health threats Wastewater testing grew tremendously during the pandemic. But is it ready to tackle the opioid crisis, air pollution and antibiotic resistance? Betsy Ladyzhets News|17 April 2024 ...