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The growing gap between the number of vaccines being given in rich countries and those administered through COVAX is becoming “more grotesque every day”, the head of the UN health agency said on Monday.

Ms. Jaclyn Parks and Dr. Tim Takaro discuss the results of the research article they co-authored on the link between childhood asthma, lung health and usage of common cleaning products in the home. They unpack the results and explain the associations

Acinetobacter species (spp.) are ubiquitous in the environment and are a common source of health care-associated infections.1 These organisms are capable of surviving in dry environments for extended periods of up to 5 months, making them

A growing number of older Americans with complex medical needs rely on home healthcare (HHC) services to age in place.1 HHC providers make home visits to deliver skilled nursing, rehabilitation, personal care, and social work services to patients who

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19, first emerged in late 2020 and was officially declared a pandemic in March, 2020.1 COVID-19 quickly overwhelmed healthcare facilities and workers.2,3 Infection preventionists (IPs) are essential

CONCLUSIONS: Leveraging routine CT imaging to measure muscle mass and quality might constitute a simple, inexpensive and powerful tool to predict survival and disease course in patients with COVID-19. Preserving muscle mass during hospitalisation

CONCLUSIONS: Household and personal characteristics of Brazilian children influence the level of physical activity performed by them during social distancing. Preventive measures can be adopted in the face of another similar period.

On 22 June 2020, the International Health Regualtions (IHR) Focal Point (FP) of Brazil shared a preliminary report with the Panamerican Health Organization, the WHO Regional Office for the Americas of a human infection with Influenza A(H1N2) variant

With influenza vaccination clinics starting in Saskatchewan today, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has returned to mass-immunization clinics, in addition to the pop-up mobile clinics that...

People residing in the United States who were born outside of the country (foreign-born) make up 13.6% (or 44.8 million in 2018) of the population and are disproportionately represented among racial and ethnic minority groups and in the essential