Take-home-message
The World Health Organization announced
Friday it has designated the newly identified coronavirus variant, B.1.1.529,
as a variant of concern, named Omicron.The new Omicron variant was first
reported to the WHO from South Africa on 24 November, 2021. It has also been
identified in Botswana, Belgium, Hong Kong and Israel. It appears to be spread...
A new research report published
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that wearing
a tight-fitting surgical mask, or doubling up on masks (wearing a cloth mask
over a medical/surgical mask), can significantly reduce COVID-19 transmission
and slow the spread of new, more contagious strains of COVID-19 .Universal maski...
Current recommendations from the Joint
Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) UK and the Royal College of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) state that, all
pregnant women should be offered the COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as the
rest of the population, based on their age and clinical risk group.Vaccination is the best way t...
Key facts
Antibiotic
resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security,
and development today.
Antibiotic
resistance can affect anyone, of any age, in any country.
Antibiotic
resistance occurs naturally, but misuse of antibiotics in humans and
animals is accelerating the process.
A gr...
Detail, Easy and Practical
demonstration of High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) Setup & Maintenance. By, Dr. M Nurul Akhtar Hasan, Associate Professor, National Heart Foundation & Research Institute
The Pharmacovigilance Risk
Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has
recommended adding sinus bradycardia to the product label for
remdesivir as an adverse reaction of "unknown frequency."As part of its review, the
committee examined all the available data on "rare" reported cases of
bradycardia in patients, who re...
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONSCOVID-19 infections among
practicing dentists will likely remain low if dentists continue to adhere to
guidance.The researchers found that 99.7%
of the dentists had implemented enhanced infection prevention and control
procedures, including -disinfecting all equipment and
surfaces that are commonly touched, checking staff...
Results from the meta-analysis of 48 trials demonstrated
that even a small reduction in systolic blood pressure (just 5 mm Hg) could
reduce the risk of cardiovascular events by 10%, and even at normal or
high-normal blood pressure values.
These findings suggest that a fixed degree of
pharmacological blood pressure lowering is similarly effec...
The 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines
eliminate the (JNC 7) classification of prehypertension and divides it into two levels:
Elevated blood pressure with a systolic pressure
between 120 and 129 mm Hg and diastolic pressure less than 80 mm Hg
Stage 1 hypertension, with a systolic pressure of 130
to 139 mm Hg or a diastoli...
