2024 adult immunization schedule is available … Using antibiotics isn’t the only force driving superbugs … What to know about lingering cold symptoms … Blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease changing...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Jan. 2
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 02, 2024
Rise in falls, infections linked to private equity-owned hospitals … Health workers spar over N95 mask guidance … Modifiable risk factors linked to higher risk for young-onset dementia … H. pylori...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Sept. 11
By
Kristen Fischer
Sep 11, 2023
Home palliative care boosts quality of life for people with heart failure … N95 mask fitting tests can wait three years instead of one … Hormone made during exercise may reduce Alzheimer’s plaques,...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 23
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 23, 2023
Experts want continued masking in health settings for COVID-19 threats … How Parkinson’s progresses may depend on what side of the body it affects … Study refines cortisone shot timing recommendations...
Washington state ends mask requirements for LTC facilities
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 07, 2023
The state where the first nursing home COVID-19 outbreak was confirmed is ending its COVID-19 masking order in these and other healthcare settings.
APIC urges healthcare workers to continue masking despite CDC pullback
By
Joe Bush
Oct 04, 2022
A major association for infection prevention professionals is strongly urging its members to continue masking in patient care areas even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention loosened its...
CDC’s looser nursing home masking rules not for everyone
By
Joe Bush
Oct 03, 2022
Despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s loosened masking requirements for nursing homes that were released Sep. 23, many long-term care facilities will not be able to take advantage...
Study: A brace tops medical mask modifications to block respiratory pathogens
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 20, 2021
The addition of an elastic brace or double masking are highly successful methods for improving the performance of face masks against respiratory aerosols, according to a new mask modification study from...
Mask prioritization ‘upside-down’; eldercare workers should be No. 1 recipient: report
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 15, 2021
Frontline staff may be exposed to as much or more cough and COVID-19 droplets than ICU workers performing intubations, according to some researchers and anesthesiologists.
Masks: More than just protecting others?
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Sep 21, 2020
A friend recently told me that her co-worker doesn’t believe in vaccines. They are microbiologists. I know of someone who is a flat-earth believer. He’s an amateur pilot. We see healthcare workers...