The meat processing industry was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Deemed essential, the meat processing workforce faced the risk of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Along with other essential workforces, meat processing workers were prioritized in the national approach to receive COVID-19 vaccines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: In epilepsy, there may be impairment of psychosocial aspects, including restrictions for the license to drive vehicles.
Objective: To evaluate the license to drive a vehicle in patients with epilepsy according to Brazilian legislation and to relate it to demographic and clinical variables.
Methodology: The license-to-drive vehicle rate was related to the demographic and clinical data of 305 patients with epilepsy.
Introduction: The ability to objectively measure chronic stress has important implications for research, prevention, and treatment. Cortisol is currently the most used biological marker in the investigation of stress and can be measured via blood, saliva, and urine; however, these methods have disadvantages. The measurement of cortisol in hair is a more recently developed method that quantifies the cumulative production of cortisol over longer periods of time.
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