By Jeff Turner
Jan 31, 2021
The University of Nebraska Medical Center, in partnership with Nebraska Medicine, has been awarded a $9.5 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enhance infection prevention and control (IPC) initiatives in small and rural health care facilities and advance the ability of health care workers to provide safe and effective clinical care.
Three innovations are being proposed for this project:
The Isolation System for Treatment and Agile Response for high-risk infections (ISTARI) Care Cube 2.0;
the Mixed Reality for Consultation, Assessment and Education; and
theNational Infection Control Strengthening (NICS) for Small and Rural HospitalsInnovation Test Bed Network.
Child care problems skyrocketed under COVID. Women paid the price. Matt Wynn, USA TODAY
It’s still January, and Kristy Anaya has already used up all 21 hours of vacation time available to her so far this year.
She missed work again on Thursday to care for her three-year-old son, Xavier, who was kicked out of his third day care since March.
Child care was a problem before coronavirus for the single mother of two living in Chandler, Arizona. During the pandemic, it’s been a nightmare. Day cares operating at reduced staffing are quick to pull the trigger when Xavier acts out, said Anaya, 42.
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IMAGE: A new type of nanofiber swab could improve sample collection and test sensitivity for SARS-CoV-2 and other biological specimens; ruler at left shows centimeters. view more
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2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04956
Rapid, sensitive diagnosis of COVID-19 is essential for early treatment, contact tracing and reducing viral spread. However, some people infected with SARS-CoV-2 receive false-negative test results, which might put their and others health at risk. Now, researchers reporting in ACS
Nano Letters have developed ultra-absorptive nanofiber swabs that could reduce the number of false-negative tests by improving sample collection and test sensitivity.
Currently, the most sensitive test for COVID-19 involves using a long swab to collect a specimen from deep inside a patient s nose, and then using a method called reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA. But if the viral load is low, whi
BY Sarah Merza, Nebraska News Service | January 25, 2021
Courtesy photo. Chief Justice Michael Heavican delivers the annual State of the Judiciary last week to the Nebraska Legislatjure.
LINCOLN– Chief Justice Mike Heavican discussed the Nebraska Judicial Branch’s response to the pandemic as well as community access to justice initiatives in his annual State of the Judiciary address Jan 21.
“Because of our Constitution’s dictate and because of our courts’ vital role in society, we have taken the measures necessary to remain open safely, providing uninterrupted access to justice,” Heavican said.
Heavican highlighted the steps the Nebraska Judicial Branch has taken to operate safely. According to Heavican, emergency-preparedness planning began in 2019 when the courts hosted a national planning session with the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
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