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The air quality in an office can have a significant impact on the mental agility and focus of the people who work there, a study suggests.

IMPORTANCE As a ubiquitin sensor and a signal-transducing adaptor, p62 is crucial for NF-κB activation, which involves the ubiquitin machinery, in diverse contexts.

The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to cause significant morbidity and mortality around the globe with over 146 million cases and 3 million deaths as of April 25, 2021. [[1]]

Background Many regions of the world are now facing more frequent and unprecedentedly large wildfires. However, the association between wildfire-related PM2·5 and mortality has not been well characterised. We aimed to comprehensively assess the association between short-term exposure to wildfire-related PM2·5 and mortality across various regions of the world.

Humans emit numerous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) through breath and skin.

COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing hospitalizations and emergency department visits caused by the Delta variant, according to data from a national study. That data also indicate that Moderna's vaccine is significantly more effective against Delta than Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. 

Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the north-eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths—a high case fatality ratio of 50%—have been reported.

Nine are hospitalized in New York City, scores have been exposed at Duke University, and other cases have recently sprung up across the United States.

A review of US neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) shows wide variability in antibiotic use in newborns, researchers reported yesterday in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Universities open for in-person instruction during the 2020–21 academic year implemented a range of prevention strategies to limit the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, including physical distancing, mask use, vaccination, contact tracing, case investigation, and quarantine protocols (1).