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Displaced families in Nigeria’s northeast are “knocking on the door of starvation”, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE) became a household term as many citizens were made aware of its significance in order to reduce community spread, as well as protect health care workers (HCWs) on the front

Respiratory viral infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population. Pre-pandemic, respiratory viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza followed a predictable seasonality with peak

Floors are a potential source for dissemination of health care-associated pathogens.1-5 Although floors are rarely touched directly by hands, many items that are touched come in contact with the floor, and can serve as a source of hand contamination

The poor state of infection prevention and control in both long-term and acute care settings was revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic.1 In hospitals,2 personal protective equipment (PPE) was scarce, communication was fragmented, and staff were ill

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 78, Issue 7, Page 2004-2014, July 2022.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

Kinesiology tape, typically referred to as Kinesio tape or KT tape, was invented by Japanese chiropractor Kenzo Kase. These tapes became extremely popular as a result of the 2008 Beijing Olympics where nearly all the athletes were seen wearing them

The UN meteorological agency on Thursday cautioned that weather and climate conditions, including the onset of higher temperatures in the northern hemisphere spring, should not be used as a trigger to relax measures to halt the spread of coronavirus.

Surgical site infections (SSIs) following colon surgery are associated with clinical and financial consequences. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) use risk adjustment variables