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New Survey Findings from 21K US Nurses: PPE Shortages Persist, Re-Use Practices on the Rise Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
The American Nurses Association (ANA) released new findings from a nationwide COVID-19 survey that indicate personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages persist and re-use pr...Full Article
Families With Children Who Have Mobility Disabilities Receive Adapted Toy Cars Custom Built For Them By PT Students
Physical therapy students at Chatham University are distributing toy vehicles adapted through the University’s GoBabyGo! program to five families with children with mobility d...Full Article
HealthWell Foundation Launches New Fund to Assist Medicare Patients Living with Prostate Cancer
The HealthWell Foundation®, an independent non-profit that provides a financial lifeline for inadequately insured Americans, has launched a new fund to provide copayment and p...Full Article
ASHA Offers Educational Resources About Stuttering, Corrects Misconceptions Reported in Recent News Stories
With stuttering a topic of national interest in the news, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is correcting some recent misconceptions reported about the s...Full Article
Kentucky ICU Nurse Balanced Care for COVID Patients with Steps to Protect her Daughter with Rare Liver Disease
Kentucky ICU nurse Emily Ventura was on the front lines in treating patients with COVID-19, working long and stress-filled hours and supporting colleagues as they worked to ma...Full Article
How to Treat Acne in Skin of Color
Acne affects up to 50 million Americans annually, including people of all skin types and complexions. For people with skin of color, acne is often accompanied by dark spots or...Full Article
Therapy Helps Children with Food Allergies Manage Severe Anxiety
Imagine a young girl with a peanut allergy, so stricken by fear of anaphylaxis that she no longer takes part in everyday activities many children take for granted. She's stopp...
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Disability-Focused Entrepreneurs Achieve Amazon Kindle Best Seller Status In Eight Categories
Mai Ling Chan, speech-language pathologist, and 13 successful disability-related entrepreneurs achieved Amazon Kindle Best Seller status on the first day of availability in ei...Full Article
Navigating Back to School in the Era of COVID-19
Returning to school is a complex event, even in a typical school year. With the COVID-19 pandemic and other social uncertainty, new challenges exist to maintain safety, comfor...Full Article
INOVIO Receives Orphan Drug Designation From U.S. FDA for DNA Medicine INO-3107 To Treat Rare Disease Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP)
INOVIO (NASDAQ: INO) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted orphan drug designation for INO-3107, its DNA medicine being evaluated in a Phase 1/2 t...Full Article
RadNet and Hologic Announce Collaboration to Advance the Development of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Breast Health
RadNet, Inc. (Nasdaq: RDNT), a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services, and Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX), ...Full Article
Patients With Privacy Concerns Three Times As Likely To Withhold Details From Their Doctors
Have you ever kept information from a doctor or other health care provider because you were concerned about the privacy or security of your medical record? If so, new research...Full Article
Study: Food Insecurity Leads To Long-Term Health Issues For Many Americans
Hungry people are more likely to develop serious health issues—particularly cardiovascular disease—that raises the chances of an early death, according to first-of-its-kind st...Full Article
Implementation Of Social Distancing Policies Correlates With Significant Reduction In Sars-Cov-2 Transmission
According to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the implementation of social distancing policies corresponded with significant reductions in t...Full Article
Majority Of Republicans And Democrats Reassured By Covid-19 Preventative Measures But Stressed About Nationwide Uncertainty
While the issue of how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 continues to be highly politicized, a new survey by the American Psychological Association shows a consensus among Rep...Full Article
Certara Launches COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes Database
Certara®, the global leader in biosimulation, announced that it has launched the COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes Database to provide up-to-date information on the results of COVID-...Full Article
New 'Pulse On The Nation’s Nurses' Survey Series: Half Of Frontline Nurses Emotionally Overwhelmed By Covid-19
As the U.S. experiences surges in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country, half of nurses on the frontlines providing patient care and responding to the pandemic feel ...Full Article
States Slow to Implement Stay-at-Home Orders Saw Higher Rates of COVID-19 Deaths
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States, governments at the state and local levels issued emergency declarations and shut down schools. With no treatment and ...Full Article
Health Care Organizations Issue Joint Framework to Increase Utilization of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support
Seven leading diabetes organizations issued a consensus report today highlighting the value of diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) services as part of compr...Full Article
American Nurses Association Joins Letter Urging Public to Wear Masks to Stop the Spread of COVID-19
The American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Medical Association (AMA) and ANA issued an open-call-to-action urging the public to take the steps that we know to stop ...Full Article
ASHA’s Identify the Signs Campaign Joins Forces With Bright by Text
To help connect families with information about their child’s communication development, expected milestones, and everyday ways to build key skills in their critical early yea...
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ASCP to Collaborate with ASCLS and ASM in Choosing Wisely Campaign
By request from the ABIM Foundation, ASCP has collaborated in working with the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) and the American Society for Microbiolo...
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Study Indicates that Medicaid Expansion Has Led to Earlier Cancer Detection Among Individuals with Low Income
New research found that the likelihood of being diagnosed with advanced cancer decreased among individuals with low income after expansion of Medicaid coverage. The findings a...Full Article
Study Shows Reduced Risk Of Pediatric Emergency Department COVID-19 Infection
Asymptomatic healthcare professionals who work in pediatric emergency department in a community with a low prevalence of COVID-19 and who undergo daily health screenings are n...
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5 Tips to Improve Nail Psoriasis at Home
Approximately 7.5 million people in the U.S.1 have psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory disease that mostly affects the skin and joints but could also affect the nails. According...Full Article
