PubMed COVID-19 Clinical Care

Forgone healthcare for medically vulnerable groups during the pandemic era: experiences of family caregivers of young adults with substance use disorders in Zambia

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSION: These identifiable risk factors, and their detrimental consequences highlight the need for interventions to improve healthcare access for this vulnerable population. Supporting FCGs of addicted young adults is crucial in ensuring the well

The relationship between anxiety and academic identity and the motivation to study nursing and midwifery in the covid-19 pandemic: A structural model

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSIONS: Academic identity and motivation to study nursing and midwifery have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The need for psychological attention in this situation is required for nursing and midwifery students.

The beneficial effects of social support and prosocial behavior on immunity and health: A psychoneuroimmunology perspective

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 4:00 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the pivotal role of the social environment, prompting a surge in research on its impact on well-being and health. This article aims to examine the link between the social environment, the immune system, and health

Vaccination strategies impact the probability of outbreak extinction: A case study of COVID-19 transmission

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 4:00 AM

Mass vaccination has proven to be an effective control measure for mitigating the transmission of infectious diseases. Throughout history, various vaccination strategies have been employed to control infections and terminate outbreaks. In this study

Associations between tobacco 21 and state flavour restrictions with young adult tobacco use

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSION: State and federal T21 laws are broadly effective at reducing adult tobacco use, while state flavour restrictions specifically lower use of cigarettes and ENDS.

Epidemiology of Escherichia coli bloodstream infection antimicrobial resistance trends across South West England during the first two years of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic response

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 restrictions led to abrupt and longer-term changes to E.coli BSI AMR. The immediate effects suggest altered transmission, while changes to resistant E. coli reservoirs may explain trend effects.

Effect of Yoga-based breathing practices on depression, anxiety, stress, and fear of COVID-19 positive hospitalized patients: A randomized controlled trial

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSION: Yoga-based breathing practices have been found to have positive impact on mental health among COVID-19-positive patients during hospitalization.

COVID-19: down but not out

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 4:00 AM

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Deubiquitinating activity of SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease does not influence virus replication or innate immune responses in vivo

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 4:00 AM

The coronavirus papain-like protease (PLpro) is crucial for viral replicase polyprotein processing. Additionally, PLpro can subvert host defense mechanisms by its deubiquitinating (DUB) and deISGylating activities. To elucidate the role of these

Reinforcement learning for intensive care medicine: actionable clinical insights from novel approaches to reward shaping and off-policy model evaluation

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 4:00 AM

CONCLUSION: Cross-OPE can serve as a robust evaluation framework for safe RL model implementation by identifying policies with good generalisability. Policy restriction helps prevent potentially unsafe model recommendations. Finally, the novel delta