Dexamethasone in the era of COVID-19: friend or foe? An essay on the effects of dexamethasone and the potential risks of its inadvertent use in patients with diabetesCorticosteroidsDiabetes mellitusCOVID-19 pandemicMetabolic effectsDexamethasone
The health, social, and economic burdens of long Covid are complicated and trying. Although the causes of long Covid remain uncertain, emerging research suggests an infectious disease origin for at least some portion of cases. We draw on a grey and white literature, media reports, and ...
This study examines the performance of disease modeling during the covid-19 pandemic, and its associated effects upon the public health measures adopted to mitigate its course. Specific attention is given to the failure of the Imperial College model, which severely overstated mortality in 189 out o...
Government and HEIs need to do more to address the macro, meso and micro effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the student population, identifying areas of increased pressure for HE students related to the personal, professional, academic, and societal aspects of students’ daily life, which dir...
The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a global mental health crisis, with a particularly pronounced impact on the entrepreneurial sector. This paper presents a comparative analysis of mental health challenges among entrepreneurs in China during the pand
This causes it to spread like wildfire among people with weakened immune systems or inadequate immunity to the virus which causes Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2). However, measures to limit the spread of C-19 sometimes involve fatal tradeoffs, and thus, overreactions can destroy many more years of ...
COVID-19 pneumonia causes hyperinflammatory response that culminates in acute respiratory syndrome (ARDS) related to increased multiorgan dysfunction and mortality risk. Antiviral-neutralizing immunoglobulins production reflect the host humoral status and illness severity, and thus, immunoglobulin (Ig) circul...
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to the UN, everything bad you see in the news is linked to climate change. Or something like that. Covid-19 pandemic is ‘fire drill’ for effects of climate crisis, says UN official Lise Kingo says social equality issues must be part of sustainable...
Covid - by Galaxy Jane As a medical provider (PA-C with ten years of practice and a focus in Adult Primary Care and Occupational Medicine) who was recently the poster child for physically fit, middle-aged adult with zero co-morbidities hospitalized with
COVID-19 Risks of Flying I fly a lot. Over the past five years, my average speed has been 32 miles an hour. That all changed mid-March. It’s been 105 days since I’ve been on an airplane—longer than any other time in my adult life—and I have no future flights scheduled. ...