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FDA Grants 3B Medical Emergency Use for Lumin UV System Use in Nursing Homes, Ambulatory Care and Primary Care for SARS-CoV-2 N95 Re-Use
3B Medical announced receiving Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA to permit use of Lumin, a UVC system, on N95 respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lumin was design...Full Article
How To Build Creativity On And Off-Line, In Childhood And Beyond
Creativity is a fundamental building block of our humanity. It’s the relentless engine that’s driven progress since the dawn of time and propelled us towards so many of our gr...Full Article
NIH Holds COVID-19 Vaccine Kick-off Event
The National Institutes of Health held a livestreamed COVID-19 vaccination event to kick-off NIH’s vaccination efforts for its employees on the front line of the COVID-19 pand...
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ANA Collaborates with CDC to Launch Project Firstline
The American Nurses Association (ANA), representing the interests of the nation’s 4.2 million registered nurses, is pleased to announce the launch of Project Firstline, a new ...Full Article
Community Immersion as Distance Learning
Community immersion classes are central to teaching nursing students about social determinants of health. But what happens when on-site engagement is suspended due to a pandem...Full Article
Covid-19 Spurs Anxious, Upsetting Dreams
The anxiety, stress and worry brought on by COVID-19 is not limited to daytime hours. The pandemic is affecting our dreams as well, infusing more anxiety and negative emotions...Full Article
Mechanical Engineering® Magazine Announces Winners of 2020 Emerging Technology Awards - Focus on Innovative Technologies in Response to COVID-19
For the fourth consecutive year, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)’s Mechanical Engineering® magazine considered dozens of recent innovations and planned to ...Full Article
Study Finds Obesity Contributes to 40% Mortality Gap Between Black and White Women with Early Breast Cancer
In an analysis of women with early breast cancer, Black women had higher rates of obesity and other health conditions that can affect survival, compared with white women. The ...Full Article
New Updates to Federal Guidelines Revamp Asthma Management
The National Institutes of Health announced 19 recommendations in six key areas of asthma diagnosis, management and treatment. The new guidance, published in the Journal of Al...Full Article
U.S. CDC Committee Of Independent Health Experts Recommends Vaccination With Pfizer And Biontech Covid-19 Vaccine For Persons Ages 16 Years And Older
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ...Full Article
New Guide for Prospective and New Parents Helps Them Be Tech Wise With Bab
A new resource designed specifically for expectant and new parents is aiming to help families cultivate healthy screen time habits—for their child and for parents/caregivers w...Full Article
St. Jude Psychologists Release Tips for Helping People Through Their First Covid-19 Holiday Season
With the first COVID-19 holiday season upon us, many Americans are anticipating the difficult challenge of how to celebrate this year. To help families across the country, the...Full Article
The Good Cough and the Bad Cough: Treating Coughs in a Targeted Way, Based on Their Type
Researchers might be able to treat a troublesome cough in disease without disrupting the protective cough we need for optimal lung health, by targeting the different brain cir...Full Article
Personality Traits Affect Shelter At Home Compliance
A worldwide survey conducted during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic found that people with certain common personality traits were less likely to shelter at home when g...Full Article
With Pharmacies Authorized to Provide Children’s Vaccines, Community Care Rx (CCRx) Addresses Concerns from Pediatricians and Anti-Vaccers
Out of concern about declining rates of childhood vaccinations during the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) took steps in August to increase acces...Full Article
Stress In America 2020 Survey Signals A Growing National Mental Health Crisis
Stress from COVID-19 — along with stress related to health care, the economy, racism and the presidential election — is seriously threatening the mental health of our country,...Full Article
St. Jude’s Leading Virologists Release Insights Into Top Five Questions About Covid and the Flu
With winter’s dual influenza season and COVID, Richard Webby, Ph.D, a member of the Infectious Diseases Department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the World Healt...Full Article
ANCC Virtual Summit - Educational Sessions Available On-Demand
The Nation’s Largest Nursing Conferences Turned Virtual This Year, and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) hosted its first ever ANCC Virtual Summit— “An unprecede...Full Article
Covid-19 Safety Protocols Keep Clinical Staff Infection Rates Low At Ohio State
Universal COVID-19 pandemic protocols in place at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center such as masking, hand hygiene, physical distancing and testing of symptomatic...Full Article
AAAAI’s School Asthma And Allergy Bill Passes The House Of Representatives
The School-Based Allergies and Asthma Management Program Act (H.R. 2468), a bill supported by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) that is based on the...Full Article
Mask Use Poses Challenges for Children and Adults Who Stutter
For the roughly 3 million Americans who stutter, mask use can make communicating with people in the community a major challenge. With use of face coverings remaining a public ...Full Article
Toddlers Learn Early Language Skills from Globetrotting Koala
Lola Koala is ready to take your child on an adventure! Little ones (ages 2-6) who love to sit in laps, “read” lift-the-flaps, and explore will be enchanted with Lola Koala, ...
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NDEAM 2020 – “Increasing Access and Opportunity” for Americans with Disabilities
2020 is a year unlike any other. This year will be long remembered for the confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the resulting economic crisis and the hotly contested president...Full Article
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) and National Association of School Nurses (NASN) Release Guidance on Managing Food Allergies in Schools During Covid-19
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) and National Association of School Nurses (NASN) have released Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis in School during COVID...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
