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Health and safety rules upgraded for upcoming VP debate

October 3, 2020
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When Kamala Harris and Mike Pence take the debate stage, safety protocols will be more rigid

Vice President Mike Pence and vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris are scheduled to square off in a debate next Wednesday in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the two will be subjected to upgraded COVID-19 protocols in the wake of a coronavirus outbreak that has stunned the Republican Party.

After last Tuesday’s wild presidential debate and the subsequent rash of positive COVID-19 cases among President Donald Trump‘s family, staff and associates, including the positive test for the president himself, the Commission on Presidential Debates has agreed on a new safety measure to deter transmission of the disease.

The measure says that the candidates should be seated 12 feet apart, according to Politico. The rule is the result of ongoing negotiations between the Trump and Joe Biden camps, negotiations that only became more fraught after the

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If you attended a recent Trump campaign event, experts say you should take safety precautions

October 3, 2020
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The president and the first lady have both tested positive for coronavirus, and those who have recently attended Trump campaign rallies are encouraged to take precautionary measures.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has released guidance to anyone who attended President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday at Harrisburg International Airport after it was revealed the president tested positive for the coronavirus.

Here is the statement from the Pennsylvania Department of Health:

“Pennsylvania has worked to make sure that anyone who needs a test can get one. If you are feeling sick and need to be tested, please contact your health care provider or visit health.pa.gov to find a testing location near you.


If you were at the presidential campaign event in Middletown, we do encourage you to download the COVID Alert PA app. If you test positive, you can alert those you came in close contact with anonymously through the app.”

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A large majority of driver’s license suspensions in New Jersey have nothing to do with traffic safety, study finds

October 3, 2020
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The findings, which will be published in the Journal of Transport & Health’s December issue, found more than 90% of suspensions in the Garden State are actually not related to traffic safety.

Suspensions are often more a result of other non-driving-related offenses, including failure to pay a fine or appear in court, the study suggests.

Using licensing information from the New Jersey Safety and Health Outcomes, researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Brown University compared the characteristics of “suspended drivers, their residential census tract, as well as access to public transportation and jobs, by reason for the suspension (driving or non-driving related)” from 2004 to 2018.

The study found that 5.5% of New Jersey drivers had a suspended license in 2018– 91% of those suspensions had nothing to do with traffic safety.

Researchers also found that driver’s license suspensions were most common in low-income communities and communities with

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Mansion Debate, Halloween Safety, Preakness Stakes: News Nearby

October 3, 2020
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Here are some of the share-worthy stories from Maryland Patches to talk about tonight:

  • Montgomery Election Officials Plan Patrols To Prevent, Stop Voter Intimidation

  • Joppa Man Killed In Aberdeen Motorcycle Crash: Police

  • Man Bursts Into Motel Room, Robs Woman: Police Blotter

As Flu Season Arrives, MD Coronavirus Strategy Shifts

For the second day in a row, Maryland has added more than 700 confirmed cases to its tally of residents infected with the coronavirus. With the arrival of flu season, state health experts are pivoting slightly in their fight against the virus.

Preakness 2020: Start Time, Contenders, Coronavirus Rules

The 145th running of the Preakness Stakes will be this weekend. For the first time, the Black Eyed Susan and the Preakness Stakes will be held the same day.

Land Near Historic Bel Air Mansion Gets Green-Light For Annexation

More than 1.5 acres near the Liriodendron mansion was given the green light

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Biden campaign lodges ‘health and safety’ objection over VP debate

October 2, 2020
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While social distancing guidelines call for at least 6 feet of space between individuals to avoid exposure to coronavirus, the Biden campaign argued that medical professionals recommend a greater distance of separation for individuals spending longer periods of time next to one another indoors. Pence and Harris are scheduled to face off Wednesday night for a 90-minute debate in Salt Lake City.

Biden campaign officials raised the candidate positioning as a “very serious concern,” according to the source, who said the campaign also cited unease over the lack of mask-wearing enforcement during the presidential debate in Cleveland. The source said the commission and the Trump campaign had supported the 7-foot spacing.

A commission spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment.

Later Friday, Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh told POLITICO the campaign would work to find middle ground.

“We are open to more space between the candidates, which we will

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PRAC Starts Safety Review of Remdesivir

October 2, 2020
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center.

Reports of acute kidney injury in some patients with COVID-19 receiving remdesivir (Veklury, Gilead Sciences) have prompted the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to launch a safety review.

Remdesivir has been granted conditional marketing authorization in Europe for the treatment of COVID-19 in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older with pneumonia who require supplemental oxygen.

“The benefits to these severely ill patients outweigh the risks of making the medicine available despite having less complete data than normally expected,” the agency said in a statement.

Renal toxicity is noted in the Gilead’s risk management plan as “an important potential risk where further information was needed to better understand the effects of remdesivir on the kidney,” the EMA said.

When conditional marketing authorization was granted in Europe, renal toxicity was

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EU Regulator Starts Safety Review of Coronavirus Drug | World News

October 2, 2020
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LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it has started a safety review after some patients taking the coronavirus drug remdesivir reported serious kidney problems.

In a statement on Friday, the EU regulator said it isn’t clear whether remdesivir was causing the “acute kidney injury,” but that the issue “warrants further investigation.”

Remdesivir was given a conditional marketing authorization by the EMA on July 3 and can be used to treat people older than age 12 with severe COVID-19 and pneumonia who require oxygen treatment. The approval for the drug was fast-tracked with the understanding that more evidence would be submitted after a license was granted.

“The benefits to these severely ill patients outweigh the risks of making the medicine available despite having less complete data than normally expected,” the EMA said.

Remdesivir is one of the few licensed treatments for the coronavirus, in addition to the generic steroid

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How to move the needle on health worker safety

October 2, 2020
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Devex at #UNGA75: Safety First: Moving the needle on health care worker safety. Via YouTube.

Enforcement of policy and legislation, better surveillance and reporting systems, ongoing training, and promoting a culture of workplace safety were the key messages from experts speaking at the “Safety First: Moving the needle on health care worker safety” live event, which coincided with the 75th session of the U.N. General Assembly.

The event, co-hosted by Devex and BD, focused on health worker safety — particularly regarding needlestick injuries and exposure to hazardous drugs, still a worryingly common occurrence. Panelists noted how the current pandemic highlighted these risks.

“[T]he bottom line is health workers should not have to put their own lives at risk to save the lives of others. Each health worker is precious, and at times like the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014, or now with COVID-19, this kind of comes to

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‘Colleagues are penalised for raising health and safety issues’: a lecturer’s freshers’ week diary | Education

October 2, 2020
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Monday
My colleagues and I set foot on campus for the first time since March. We had to schedule a time to visit as it’s still too dangerous for too many people to be present. This gives us an hour to understand how things work in our “Covid-secure” campus, just days before students start returning.

Most of us are pretty nervous about visiting the campus for personal reasons (children at home, ageing parents, partners who work for the NHS). Reports of the role universities are playing in new cases worry us, too. Several colleagues had something that swept through our overcrowded offices in February and early March which many of us now think was coronavirus. Members of staff and students’ families have died from the virus.

We have been assured by the university’s management that all is in place for face-to-face teaching: everything deep cleaned, numerous hand sanitiser stations, social

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Real-World Safety, Efficacy Found for Fecal Transplants

October 2, 2020
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Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) appears safe and effective as a treatment for most Clostridioides difficile infections as it is currently being administered, researchers say.

“We actually didn’t see any infections that were definitely transmissible via fecal transplant,” Colleen Kelly, MD, an associate professor of medicine at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, told Medscape Medical News.

The finding, published online today in the journal Gastroenterology could allay concerns about a treatment that has yet to gain full approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), despite successful clinical trials.

C diff infections are common and increasing in the United States, often can’t be cured with conventional treatments such as antibiotics, and can be deadly.

Transplanting fecal matter from a donor to the patient appears to work by restoring beneficial microorganisms to the patient’s gut. The procedure is also under investigation for a wide range of other ailments, from

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