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Nanomaterial‐Enhanced Biosensing: Mechanisms and Emerging Applications

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Nanomaterial integration transforms biosensor capabilities through enhanced signal transduction, sensitivity, and selectivity. This review analyzes how nanoscale materials—from nanoparticles to nanosheets—leverage unique physicochemical properties to revolutionize electrochemical, optical, and electrical biosensing.
Younghak Cho, Yunyoung Choi, Yerim Jang, Hyejeong Seong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age and product dependent vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalisation among adults in Norway: a national cohort study, July–November 2021

BMC Medicine, 2022
Background COVID-19 vaccines have been crucial in the pandemic response and understanding changes in vaccines effectiveness is essential to guide vaccine policies.
Jostein Starrfelt, Anders Skyrud Danielsen, Eirik Alnes Buanes, Lene Kristine Juvet, Trude Marie Lyngstad, Gunnar Øyvind Isaksson Rø, Lamprini Veneti, Sara Viksmoen Watle, Hinta Meijerink   +8 more
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Healthcare Workers in Peril: Preparing to Protect Worker Health and Safety During Pandemic Influenza [PDF]

, 2009
[Excerpt] An influenza pandemic is projected to have a global impact requiring a sustained, large scale response from the healthcare community to provide care to sick patients. Healthcare workers will be at very high risk of becoming infected when caring
AFL-CIO
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An early analysis of the World Bank’s Pandemic Fund: a new fund for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response

BMJ Global Health, 2023
In response to shortcomings in epidemic preparedness and response that were revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been numerous proposals for ways to improve preparedness and response financing.
M. Boyce, E. Sorrell, C. Standley
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Seeing inside the Body Using Wearable Sensing and Imaging Technologies

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores wearable technologies for noninvasive internal health monitoring. It categorizes approaches into indirect sensing (e.g., bioelectrical and biochemical signals) and direct imaging (e.g., wearable ultrasound and EIT), highlighting multimodal integration and system‐level innovation toward personalized, continuous healthcare.
Sumin Kim, Seunghun Han, Sehwan Park, Jahyun Koo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors associated with the intensity of COVID-19 outbreaks in Canadian community settings: a retrospective analysis of outbreak-level surveillance data

BMC Public Health
Background The severity of COVID-19 outbreaks is disproportionate across settings (e.g., long-term care facilities (LTCF), schools) across Canada. Few studies have examined factors associated with outbreak severity to inform prevention and response.
Demy Dam, Michelle Chen, Erin E. Rees, Bethany Cheng, Lynn Sukkarieh, Erin McGill, Yasmina Tehami, Anna Bellos, Jonathan Edwin, Kaitlin Patterson   +9 more
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Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health From Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2008 [PDF]

, 2008
Examines ten indicators to assess progress in state readiness to respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. Evaluates the federal government's and hospitals' preparedness.
Jeffrey Levi, Laura M. Segal, Rebecca St. Laurent, Serena Vinter   +3 more
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Multivalent Protein Nanorings for Broad and Potent SARS‐CoV‐2 Neutralization

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A protein‐only, modular multivalent nanoscaffold displaying 20 anchor points, decorated with two different binders (10 of each), targeting the SARS‐CoV‐2 receptor‐binding domain is presented. The construct self‐assembles into stable, biocompatible, homogeneous nanoparticles, exhibit synergistic binding with fM IC50 values. It also detects spike at 9 ng 
Molood Behbahanipour, Carla Goldin, Cecilia Arahi Prato, Ana Luz Paletta, Oriol Bárcenas, Susanna Navarro, Jordi Pujols, Daniel H. Murgida, María Virginia Tribulatti, Sebastián Esperante, Damian Alvarez‐Paggi, Salvador Ventura   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shortchanging America's Health 2008: A State-by-State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars Are Spent [PDF]

, 2008
Examines public health indicators in each state, in combination with federal and state funding for programs to promote health. Includes state rankings by funding per capita, percentage of population who are uninsured, disease rates, and other ...
Jeffrey Levi, Laura M. Segal, Serena Vinter   +2 more
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Commonwealth pandemic preparedness plans [PDF]

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2006
This paper describes the work being done by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic. It provides an overview of Australian Government initiatives and explains both the purpose and the content of the Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza.
openaire   +3 more sources