One key advantage during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to past pandemics is the level of scientific scrutiny that has been brought to bear on the virus thanks to genetic sequencing. Sequencing of the viral genetic code in samples taken from patients has allowed experts to track the virus as ...
Interestingly, quinine, another anti-malarial drug, was also proposed as a putative cure for the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. A key figure in the development of vaccines against nineteenth - to twentieth-century epidemics/pandemics was Waldemar Haffkine (1860–1930; Fig. 2) [58], a Russian ...
But the truth is that the COVID pandemic pales in comparison to other great pandemics throughout human history. The Black Plague and the Spanish Flu Pandemic each killed at least 50 million people. As for the COVID pandemic, the global death toll has not reached the 2 million mark even if...
WITH the death toll in the raging COVID-19 pandemic kissing 25,000 and those affected hitting 575,767, there is global unanimity to contain the disease to minimise the collateral damage. Although, the death toll, so fare is low compared to a litany of past pandemics, its ...
Patients with a pre-existing MDD diagnosis experienced more psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to patients with pre-existing BD.Low serum (OH) D levels and a pre-existing mood disorder predicted an increased vulnerability to the stressful impact of the COVID-19 outbreak....
SARS was called the first pandemic of the 21st century. It would not be the last. Nor would it be the most deadly. Original publication date: April 3, 2020 When COVID-19 first appeared in the news, scientists began preparing for a widespread outbreak. The general population, however, wasn...
Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of COVID-19, a fatal disease emerged from Wuhan, a large city in the Chinese province of Hubei in December 2019. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic due to its spread to other countries inside
An umbrella review of the prevalence of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: Call to action for post-COVID-19 at the global level Pandemics can lead to mental health problems such as depression. This meta-analysis of meta-analyses aimed to estimate the precise prevalence of depression......
A more accurate comparison can be made with similar pandemics and epidemics events (Correia, Luck, & Verner, 2020; Eichenbaum et al., 2020; and Ma, Rogers, & Zhou, 2020), or natural disasters. The COVID-19 pandemic is a source of systematic risk, therefore there is a need for ...
To describe epidemiological data on cases of COVID-19 and the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in the United Kingdom (UK), and the subsequent policy and technological response to the pandemic, including impact on healthcare, business and the economy. Methods Epidemiological...