Experts have already ruled out common suspects like Covid-19, the flu and hantavirus after nine people fell sick with the unexplained disease.
Category: healthcare
Violence Against Healthcare Workers Is At An All-Time High: Here’s How Workplaces Can Keep Them Safe
Hospital design experts Christina Grimes and Sarah Markovitz explain how caregiver environments can balance the need to maintain a welcoming environment while protecting staff and patients from the recent uptick of violence at healthcare facilities.
Three Covid Vaccine Doses Better Than Two Against Omicron Infections, New Study Reinforces
Two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine only offer limited protection against the highly contagious omicron variant, according to a new Danish study published in PLOS Medicine.
Progress In The Search For Broadly Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies VI
These latest broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies not only overcome major Omicron strains, but many other related coronaviruses as well.
What “Negotiating” With Medicare Means For Drug Makers: A Mixture Of Price Controls And Actual Negotiations
The bill imposes a number of controls, such as minimum discounts off of non-federal AMP, as well as a framework for how to define “fair” prices and how the negotiating process will determine prices based on factors such as R&D costs, unmet need, therap…
Five Days Is Too Short! Study Says To End Covid-19 Isolation Based On Rapid Tests Results Instead
A study from the Imperial College of London suggests that people with Covid-19 should isolate themselves for a minimum of five days and safely exit depending on rapid antigen test results.
New China Lockdown Hits 21 Million People In Chengdu Amid ‘Zero Covid’ Push
Chengdu, home to factories for multinational giants like Intel and Foxconn, faces the lockdown on top of extreme heat and power shortages this summer, and following tight restrictions in other major cities.
InnovationRx: FDA Greenlights Omicron Boosters; Plus: Biotech’s Cash Cushion
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Spaceflight Could Increase Risk Of Cancer And Heart Disease In Astronauts, Study Suggests
Even short trips to space appear to carry the risk of increased DNA mutations, researchers at Mount Sinai found, as several companies vie to turn spaceflight into a tourist venture.
Soundly’s Hearing Aid Marketplace In Pole Position To Take Advantage Of New FDA Rules
With new FDA regulations announced to expand how consumers can purchase hearing aids – Soundly is primed to be an important new online marketplace in a majorly changed landscape for hearing health retail.
