Improving Public Health Emergency Communication Along the U.S. Southern Border: Insights From a COVID-19 Pilot Campaign With Truck Drivers.

Tens of thousands of trucks cross the U.S.-Mexico border every day.

A collaboration to harmonize COVID-19 health messaging and fill communication gaps during initial U.S. refugee resettlement.

To communicate with U.S.-bound refugees during travel to the United States during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, five federal and international organizations collaborated in a strategic work group to synergize COVID-19 prevention health messaging and COVID-19 considerations before, during, and after travel, as well as promote shared resources.

Association between the fetal cerebroplacental ratio and biomarkers of hypoxia and angiogenesis in the maternal circulation at term.

Objectives: A low fetal cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) in late pregnancy is a marker of a fetus that has failed to reach its growth potential and is associated with a variety of perinatal and pregnancy complications. It is not known if it is also correlated with aberrations in angiogenic, hypoxia-responsive or inflammatory cytokine levels in the maternal circulation. We investigated if there were any differences in levels of biomarkers of angiogenesis, endothelial cell dysfunction, hypoxia and/or inflammation in term pregnancies with a low fetal CPR compared to controls.

The external validity of a novel contract-relax stretching technique on knee flexor range of motion.

Introduction: Compromised joint range of motion (ROM) can negatively affect the capacity to perform activities of daily living in clinical populations. Recently, similar improvements in dorsiflexion ROM were reported following dynamometry-based contract-relax (CR) stretching and modified CR stretching technique (stretch-return-contract [SRC]) where the contraction phase was performed "off stretch." As neither the impact of SRC on other muscle groups nor the ecological validity of SRC performed in an applied environment has been tested, the acute effects of both techniques in dynamometry- (CR and SRC ) and field-based (CR and SRC ) environments were compared with the hamstring muscle group.

Reference centiles for maternal placental growth factor levels at term from a low-risk population.

Introduction: Placental growth factor (PLGF) is a biomarker of placental function. The aim of this study was to define reference ranges for maternal PLGF levels in a normotensive cohort ≥36 + 0 weeks.

Method: Prospective observational data from Mater Mothers' Hospital, Brisbane.