A recent paper published in the Journal of Hospital Infection (08/12/23) looked to study the role of the hospital environment in the spread of COVID-19 and to measure associations between ward characteristics and outbreak size to inform mitigations.
The study found community admissions were lower in case wards vs control ward, whereas transfers between wards within the same hospital were higher. Wards with more transfers in the preceding fortnight were significantly more likely to experience a large outbreak.
The paper recommended minimising patient movements to reduce the likelihood of disease transmission.
The full study can be read here.
Durham County Department of Public Health have produced a great video demonstrating that covid and many other viruses are airborne. The video is less than two minutes long. An airborne virus is a virus that can infect other people through particles in the air, sometimes for hours after the sick person has left the area! […]
This narrative review shows that POTS, ME/CFS and Long COVID are closely related conditions that share common biological mechanisms. The authors explain that problems with the autonomic nervous system, immune dysregulation and autoimmunity, mitochondrial dysfunction, reduced blood flow to the brain, and neuroinflammation all play a role. POTS and ME/CFS are identified as the most […]
Summary: Comparing Long Covid symptoms between patients that received COVID-19 vaccinations and those that did not. Study by Pasculli et. al., (2025) summarised by Amanda Harrington-Vail Introduction Since the COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared, almost 780 million cases and nearly 7 million deaths have been reported worldwide. Although COVID-19 vaccination has reduced the risk of […]
