by PEPID Newsroom | Feb 28, 2022 | Featured Posts
Omicron Variant: BA.2 Sublineage By Hannah Morpurgo and Julia Schurr According to the World Health Organization, by February 19, 2022, BA.2 had been detected in 74 countries and 47 US states. BA.2 is a subvariant of Omicron which, according to studies from the UK and...
by Megan Pullins | Nov 11, 2021 | Emergency Medicine
VOC: Omicron The World Health Organization officially stamped the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant as a variant of concern (VOC) on November 26. Omicron was first identified in South Africa and has been detected in more than twenty-eight countries worldwide, including the...
by Megan Pullins | Nov 11, 2021 | Emergency Medicine
Emergency Use Authorization The CDC now recommends the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (BNT162b2) for children ages 5-11 years after the FDA’s EUA approval and support from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The authorization is based on data...
by Megan Pullins | Nov 10, 2021 | Emergency Medicine
Headaches are common in the ED department, making up for approximately 2% of ED visits. Primary Headache Disorder includes migraine, tension headaches, and trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TACS). That’s up to 1.2 million patients walking in the Emergency Department to...
by Megan Pullins | Sep 1, 2021 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care
Suicide Rates in the U.S. Pre-COVID-19, suicide rates overall increased in the United States from 1999-2016. Suicide made the top-10 leading causes of death in every age group in 2019, with a concerning increase in younger age groups. However, during 2020, suicide was...
by Megan Pullins | Aug 27, 2021 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care
Sena Seged, Pharm D August 27, 2021 Overview of Coronaviruses Coronaviruses are not new to us – they are a family of RNA or protein-based viruses that rarely infect humans. Coronaviruses are responsible for causing common colds and lower respiratory tract infections....
by Megan Pullins | Aug 13, 2021 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care
National Breastfeeding Month August is National Breastfeeding Month, highlighting the many benefits of breastfeeding. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new risk factors for women who are pregnant, or have been recently pregnant including women who chose to breastfeed....
by Megan Pullins | Aug 11, 2021 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care
The Lambda Variant The Lambda variant of SARS-CoV-2 currently spreading through South America has been classified as a Variant of Interest by the World Health Organization on June 14, 2021. The Lambda C.37 variant was first reported in Peru in December 2020 and has...
by Megan Pullins | Jun 19, 2021 | Primary Care
Delta Variant Dominant in U.S. As of July 19, 2021, the Delta variant represents 57.6% of total U.S. COVID-19 cases. In some parts of the country, this percent is higher, especially in areas with low vaccination rates. Since the Delta variant was first detected in the...
by Megan Pullins | Jun 12, 2021 | Primary Care
CRC Prevalence Colon cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates 104,270 new cases of colon cancer in the U.S. for 2021. The overall risk for developing colorectal cancer is about 1...
