..The application of all four social distancing interventions: school closure, workplace non-attendance, increased case isolation, and community contact reduction is highly effective in flattening the epidemic curve, reducing the maximum daily case numbers, and lengthening outbreak duration. These were also found to be effective even after 10 weeks delay from index case arrivals. The most… Continue reading The Effectiveness of Social #Distancing in Mitigating #COVID-19 Spread: a modelling analysis
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Association of Daily #Step Count and Step Intensity With Mortality Among US Adults
..Accelerometer-measured number of steps per day and 3 step intensity measures (extended bout cadence, peak 30-minute cadence, and peak 1-minute cadence [steps/min]). Accelerometer data were based on measurements obtained during a 7-day period at baseline. .. A total of 4840 participants (mean age, 56.8 years; 2435 [54%] women; 1732 [36%] individuals with obesity) wore accelerometers… Continue reading Association of Daily #Step Count and Step Intensity With Mortality Among US Adults
A Person Can Carry And Transmit #COVID-19 Without Showing Symptoms, Scientists Confirm
Chinese researchers have confirmed a case of asymptomatic transmission of the new coronavirus: A 20-year-old woman from Wuhan passed it to five of her family members but never got physically sick herself.. ..A report from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention analysed records of all of China's reported cases of the virus from… Continue reading A Person Can Carry And Transmit #COVID-19 Without Showing Symptoms, Scientists Confirm
How long can the #coronavirus live on surfaces, can I get COVID-19 twice, and every other question you might have about the pandemic
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Aerosol and Surface Stability of #SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1
..SARS-CoV-2 remained viable in aerosols throughout the duration of our experiment (3 hours), with a reduction in infectious titer from 103.5 to 102.7 TCID50 per liter of air. This reduction was similar to that observed with SARS-CoV-1, from 104.3 to 103.5 TCID50 per milliliter (Figure 1A). SARS-CoV-2 was more stable on plastic and stainless steel… Continue reading Aerosol and Surface Stability of #SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1
Critical Care Utilization for the #COVID-19 Outbreak in Lombardy, Italy Early Experience and Forecast During an Emergency Response
On February 20, 2020, a patient in his 30s admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in Codogno Hospital (Lodi, Lombardy, Italy) tested positive for a new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). He had a history of atypical pneumonia that was not responding to… Continue reading Critical Care Utilization for the #COVID-19 Outbreak in Lombardy, Italy Early Experience and Forecast During an Emergency Response
#Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12‐step programs for #alcohol use disorder
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) confers a prodigious burden of disease, disability, premature mortality, and high economic costs from lost productivity, accidents, violence, incarceration, and increased healthcare utilization. For over 80 years, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has been a widespread AUD recovery organization, with millions of members and treatment free at the point of access, but it… Continue reading #Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12‐step programs for #alcohol use disorder
Human transport of thirdhand tobacco #smoke: A prominent source of hazardous air pollutants into indoor nonsmoking environments
The contamination of indoor nonsmoking environments with thirdhand smoke (THS) is an important, poorly understood public health concern. Real-time THS off-gassing from smokers into a nonsmoking movie theater was observed with online and offline high-resolution mass spectrometry. Prominent emission events of THS tracers (e.g., 2,5-dimethylfuran, 2-methylfuran, and acetonitrile) and other tobacco-related volatile organic compounds (VOCs)… Continue reading Human transport of thirdhand tobacco #smoke: A prominent source of hazardous air pollutants into indoor nonsmoking environments
Total #Sitting Time and Sitting Pattern in Postmenopausal Women Differ by Hispanic Ethnicity and are Associated With #Cardiometabolic Risk Biomarkers
Sedentary behavior is pervasive, especially in older adults, and is associated with cardiometabolic disease and mortality. Relationships between cardiometabolic biomarkers and sitting time are unexplored in older women, as are possible ethnic differences.. ..Hispanic women sat, on average, 50.3 minutes less/day than non‐Hispanic women (P<0.001) and had shorter (3.6 minutes less, P=0.02) mean sitting bout… Continue reading Total #Sitting Time and Sitting Pattern in Postmenopausal Women Differ by Hispanic Ethnicity and are Associated With #Cardiometabolic Risk Biomarkers
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