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More than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally, but only 2% of them in Africa, said World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday.

Just 30 percent of Americans with HIV had the virus under control in 2011, and approximately two-thirds of those whose virus was out of control had been diagnosed but were no longer in care, according to a new Vital Signs report published today by

Isha BerryApr 14, 2020; 192:E420-E420Letter

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 80, Issue 1, Page 226-236, January 2024.

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there have been recommendations of safe distances from other people (eg, 2 m), including within operating rooms (ORs).1 Distancing is a theme of public conversation,2 including during tracheal

Journal of Research in Nursing, Volume 27, Issue 7, Page 655-676, November 2022. BackgroundDespite representing the largest occupational group within the healthcare workforce, evidence suggests that due to the complexity of nursing practice, nurses’

Antimicrobial exposure leads to an increased risk of colonization and spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Studies have also implicated exposure to nonantimicrobial medications as a potential risk factor for an increased risk of colonization

Babies born to women who take opioid pain killers such as codeine, oxycodone or hydrocodone just before or in early pregnancy are at increased but modest risk of birth defects, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and

Health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for opioid painkillers in 2012 - many more in some states than in others - according to a Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that highlights the

More than a third of reproductive-aged women enrolled in Medicaid, and more than a quarter of those with private insurance, filled a prescription for an opioid pain medication each year during 2008-2012, according to a report in this week's Morbidity