Pharma Giant Expects Vaccines Lineup to Be Its Top Seller This Year

Coronavirus (COVID-19) was first seen in late December in Hubei province of Wuhan city in China. The highly contagious disease, caused by a virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is transmitted from humans to humans. After the first case in Wuhan, the disease rapidly spread to other parts of the globe.

An Age- Friendly Campus Partnership for Hospitalized Older Adults in the COVID Era and Beyond

As hospitals isolate COVID-19 patients to prevent the spread of this highly contagious disease, patients and family are separated during times of critical illness. For many older adults inflicted with coronavirus it is not the fear of dying that matters the most, it is the fear of dying alone. Utilizing the 4Ms approach, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) responded with several initiatives including intergenerational programs designed to shape and inform the development of future healthcare clinicians in addressing what matters the most to patients and leveraging technology to connect them with families, provide mobility opportunities, monitor medications, and reduce errors.

Consequences of Migrating U.S. Contagious Facilities Into General Hospitals, 1900–1950

Until the 1880s, hospitals excluded contagious disease patients from admission because of the danger they posed to other patients; by the 1950s, contagious disease care had literally moved into the general hospital. This article correlates the changing isolation facility designs with changing disease incidence and prevention strategies. It argues that isolation moved into the hospital in stages that have consequence for isolation facility design today. Between the 1890s and 1940s, contagious disease care shifted from remote isolation hospitals (commonly known as pest houses) to separate contagious disease hospitals, to contagious disease “units” adjacent to or within a general hospital facility, and to isolation rooms included in nursing units. The architectural history of isolation facility designs shows that the integration of isolation facilities into general hospitals relied on the success of new aseptic nursing procedures that prevented contact transmission but which downgraded the need for spatial separation to prevent airborne transmission. In the second half of the 20th century, federal funding and standards made isolation rooms in the hospital the norm. This migration coincided with a historically unprecedented reduction in contagious disease incidence produced by successful vaccines and antibiotics. By the 1980s, the rise of new and antibiotic resistant diseases led to extensive redesigns of the in-house isolation rooms to make them more effective. This article suggests that it is time to rethink isolation not just at the detail level but in terms of its location in relation to the general hospital.

Knowledge and Awareness Level of COVID-19 among the Farm Women and Its Impact on Agricultural Operation in Sikar District of Rajasthan

In India, agriculture and related industries constitute the most important source of income. Around 120 million small-scale farmers play an important role in the country's food supply system. People's knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding any contagious disease, such as COVID-19, all play a role in determining a society's willingness to accept behavioural change strategies aimed at disease prevention. The majority of respondents (35.00 percent) are between the ages of 35 to 45, with 77 of the total respondents belonging to the OBC categories. The majority of respondents' educational levels were indicated as high school (49.17 percent). The findings of this study revealed that there was a high level of awareness, particularly among farm women, about the nature of disease, its symptoms, and the preventive actions that should be followed to prevent disease transmission. COVID-19 is a contagious disease caused by a virus, according to the majority of respondents (79.17%), and respiratory droplets are the virus's primary method of transmission, according to 75.00 percent of respondents. Farmers should bring their own food and water from home to their agricultural field, as well as soap and water, according to all of the respondents (81.67 percent). Besides, 73.34 percent of respondents believe that wearing a mask and maintaining social distance are necessary during agricultural tasks. COVID- 19 has also had an impact on agriculture. Farm women faced many constraints during this period. Out of which it is difficult to get agricultural inputs, animal feed and vaccines, lack of outside traders for product procurement, lack of technical experts to fix the problem in time, ignorance about government programs during the lockdown.

Is cues of contagious diseases in advertising a friend or foe?

Dr (Mrs.) Achini Ranaweera, a Senior lecturer from the Department of Textile and Apparel Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Dr (Mrs.) Amali Wijekoon, a Senior lecturer from the Department of Management Technology, Faculty of Business in collaboration with two international researchers from Australia and the UK are all geared up to examine if cues of contagious disease in advertisements can influence consumption behaviour by eliciting negative emotions such as anxiety, disgust, and fear.

Blackleg in cattle in the Irkutsk region

Blackleg is an acute, toxic, infectious, non-contagious disease of domestic and wild ruminants that occurs while the animals are pastured. This article describes an outbreak of blackleg on a farm in Siberia (Russia). This article provides a detailed description of these cases based on the results of comprehensive diagnostic and epidemiological investigations. The distinctive features (in addition to the characteristic features) were as follows: the outbreak of the disease occurred in early spring when there was abundant snow cover; the disease appeared in both vaccinated and unvaccinated cattle; the characteristic clinical signs were low-grade fever, the absence of crepitus, and the presence of haematomas containing erythrocytes with basophilic granularity. The evidence suggests that blackleg can present with a variety of conditions and symptoms in cattle.

Serum HDL-c and LDL-c levels as the predictors of COVID-19 severity

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and comes with various degrees of severity from mild to critical conditions. This study aims to evaluate and clarify the roles of serum HDL-c and LDL-c levels in predicting the COVID-19 severity.