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Flow chart to help determine if your workplace is covered by the new Covid ETS.
US Department of Labor’s OSHA issues emergency temporary standard to protect health care workers from the coronavirus. OSHA also releases new guidance for all industries.
Trial results for a new Regeneron treatment have buoyed hopes that doctors could soon have a new way to tackle severe hospital cases.
The Delta strain is now a variant of concern, with indications it is more infectious than other strains.
Althoff, Keri, et.al.
Interim final rule, request for comments. OSHA is issuing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19 in settings where people with COVID-19 are reasonably expected to be present.
Lindsley WG, et.al.(2021) , , 55:10, 1125-1142, DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2021.1933377
Lindsley WG, et al.
The authors studied the source control performance of 15 cloth masks, two medical masks, and two N95 filtering facepiece respirators by measuring their ability to block aerosols < or = to 7 micrometers
The greater decline in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in older adults, the age group with the highest vaccination rates, demonstrates the potential impact of increasing population-level vaccination coverage.
During April 11–24, 2021, the B.1.1.7 and P.1 variants represented an estimated 66% and 5% of U.S. infections, respectively, demonstrating the potential for new variants to emerge and become predominant.
Jennifer Abbasi
Simpson CR, et. al.
