Screening asymptomatic healthcare workers for COVID-19 not recommended, experts say
Photo Cred: Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury Routine screening of asymptomatic healthcare personnel in the absence of confirmed exposures to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is not a recommended strategy for preventing...
Read MoreCDC issues guidance on new COVID-19 variants
Photo Cred: Anna Shvets/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury As the global number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases surpasses 101,000 worldwide, multiple variants are circulating globally. While information about the characteristics of...
Read MoreIntegrative Health Policy Consortium issues letter to President Joe Biden
Photo Cred: Gayatri Malhotra/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The Integrative Health Policy Consortium (IHPC), a nonprofit advocacy organization representing integrative healthcare professionals in the United States, issued a letter to then...
Read MoreIntegrative Healthcare Symposium postpones May edition
Photo Cred: Roberto Vivancos/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The Integrative Healthcare Symposium, scheduled to take place May 2-4, 2021 at the Hilton Midtown in New York City, has been postponed by...
Read MoreIntegrative healthcare trends to watch in 2021
Photo Cred: Negative Space/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury While integrative medicine, much like the broader healthcare industry, has become largely focused on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), integrative practitioners continue to advance...
Read MoreCOVID-19 causes more severe disease than seasonal influenza, study finds
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Nearly twice as many people were admitted to hospital for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at the height of the pandemic than were for...
Read MoreModerna COVID-19 vaccine granted emergency use authorization
Photo Cred: Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced late Friday evening the emergency use authorization of the second vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19),...
Read MoreNorthwestern Health Sciences University releases policy statement on racial inequities in integrative care
Photo Cred: Life Matters/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Racism causes health disparities, according to a new policy statement from Northwestern Health Sciences University (NWHSU). In response to the social justice movements...
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