The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Monday, April 13, 2026
By Sean B. Gipson As we are looking at the downward trend of COVID (let’s hope it continues that way), I’ve had the pleasure of finally getting back out into the world. In doing so, I have had the opportunity to attend some of the recent sleep conferences, like The […]
By Dottie Covey-Elleby, BS, RPSGT While the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of infection control in sleep centers, the issue transcends the public health emergency and should be an organization-wide priority at all times. An effective infection control program identifies risks, defines mitigation efforts, and measures results. Whether in […]
Following months of collaborative development work, Aerogen® (Galway, Ireland) and CanSinoBIO (Tianjin, China) have announced a development and commercial supply partnership for the inhaled delivery of CanSinoBIO’s Recombinant Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Convidecia™ utilizing Aerogen’s proprietary vibrating mesh aerosol drug delivery technology. The aerosolized vaccine is directly inhaled via a cup […]
The Biden-Harris Administration is requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The emergency regulation issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today protects those fighting this virus on the front lines while also delivering assurances to […]
Purdue University and physIQ have announced the co-development of a viral detection algorithm for smartwatches. This innovation will be the result of a collaboration between physIQ and university engineers. The algorithm will be commercialized by physIQ, which develops solutions designed to improve health care outcomes by applying artificial intelligence to real-time physiological […]
The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), American Lung Association and American Thoracic Society released the following statement in response to the increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. “Recently, there has been a dramatic rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations due to the highly contagious Delta variant. According to the Centers for […]
By Matthew Perez, Victor Beauvil, RRT, PhD, Sarah Khan MD, Arunabh Talwar, MD, FCCP The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread quickly to all parts of the world, and this pandemic continues to result in significant morbidity and mortality. SARS-CoV-2 is one […]
A new commentary published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides an exhaustive examination of published research that discusses whether air pollution may be linked to worse COVID-19 outcomes. The studies that the authors examined look at several potential disease mechanisms, and also at the relationship between pollution, respiratory viruses and health disparities. […]
A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society reveals how socioeconomic factors partially explain the increased odds that Black and Hispanic Americans have of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In “Association of Race and Ethnicity With COVID-19 Test Positivity and Hospitalization Is Mediated by […]
Rokote Laboratories Finland Ltd., a newly-founded academic spin-out based in Finland is working to develop and introduce to the markets a nasal spray vaccine against COVID. The vaccine is based on research carried out at the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland. The vaccine uses gene transfer […]
