Although the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (BA.1) spread rapidly across the world and effectively evaded immune responses, its viral fitness in cell and animal models was reduced. The precise nature of this attenuation remains unknown as generating
A shortage of health care staff has become a crucial issue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan has developed new schemes for securing nurses and expanding disaster dispatch to resolve severe shortage of nurses. This short communication presents a new
Around one-third of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 develop a severe illness that requires admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In clinical practice, clinicians have learned that patients admitted to the ICU due to severe COVID-19 frequently
CONCLUSIONS: We decreased caregivers' hunger during their child's hospitalization. Through a data-driven quality improvement effort, we implemented a sustainable change allowing families to access enough food.
CONCLUSION: The remote, asynchronous training and feedback model proved to be an effective strategy for students' development of neurodynamic testing skills and forms a viable alternative to in-person training. This study contributes to the future of
CONCLUSIONS: RCI was safe and well tolerated, with trends in efficacy data suggesting greater improvement with RCI compared to placebo in patients receiving standard-of-care therapy for pulmonary sarcoidosis. The study also provided validation of
CONCLUSIONS: In most cases, placentas from pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus do not show a significantly increased frequency of pathology. Evidence for transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is lacking from this cohort. There is a need