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This is a general review publication. Literature search was made at National Library of Medicine, Pubmed using key words such as "dentistry and COVID", "dentistry and COVID and infection control". Publications related to behaviour, education, ethics, treatment and childcare were excluded. ...
Long covid (post covid-19 condition) is a complex condition with diverse manifestations, uncertain prognosis and wide variation in current approaches to management. There have been calls for formal quality standards to reduce a so-called “postcode lottery” of care. The original aim of this stu...
A C-section is a way of delivering ababyby surgery that opens up the mother’s abdomen and uterus. It’s also known as a cesarean birth. They are very common in the U.S., making up about one-third of all births. Sometimes, C-sections are planned in advance — in situations where ...
But guess what the foster care system in this country is as threadbare as the childcare system is, as I type this, the first thought that comes into my mind is it’s scary. It was within the foster care system that David encountered anti-gay sentiment, my sense it was essentially ...
Some schools and childcare centers have a "no-nit policy," which is also supported by the National Pediculosis Association. The AAP and the National Association of School Nurses, however, recommend discontinuing these policies. They point out that many nits are far from the scalp (...
And yet, within the context of my own life, my sense of myself as a parent is linked to my sense of myself as a mother, which is connected to my sense of myself as a woman, which is in turn mapped forever onto the experience of giving birth to E. When I was giving birth to...
While the MMR vaccine is mandatory to attend all public and private childcare and K-12 schools in Florida, some students may be eligible for medical or religious exemptions. At Manatee Bay Elementary, 3% of its students are unvaccinated, Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Peter Licata sai...
No safety concerns have come up in either trial and there have been no cases of myocarditis, a rare type of heart inflammation that has been associated with COVID vaccines for adolescents and young adults, but that is more likely to occur after a viral infection, including COVID itself. ...
The role children, and consequently schools, play in the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard to work out, but that puzzle is now finally starting to be solved. The latest research shows infections in childrenfrequently go undetected, and that children arejust as susceptibleas adults to infection....