Long COVID is an often debilitating illness that occurs in at least 10% of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. More than 200 symptoms have been identified with impacts on multiple organ systems. At least 65 million individuals worldwide are estimated to have...
Richer nations must not step back from tackling COVID-19 as a global problem now, ahead of future potential waves of infection, Bruce Aylward, WHO senior adviser, warned. Countries need to be ready and have treatments in place for any further waves of infection, and "if you go to sleep ...
FILE PHOTO: King of Spain, Felipe VI, waves as he leaves the San Jose Church, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's King Felipe tested positive for COVID-19 earlier on Wednesday after displaying mild symptoms overnight...
It was like ‘do I stay here and basically just end up alone but being myself or do I go back there and stay with my family but go right back in the closet?’ It’s a really tough call. I went back and it’s got its good points too but I do find myself being more anxious...
Transmission and symptoms of COVID-19 The COVID-19, or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered pathogenic virus from the coronavirus family, the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) [13]. The first case was recorded in Wuh...
In 1965, Tyrrell and Bynoe first identified a new group of human CoV-OC43 in the respiratory tract of an adult human showing common cold symptoms (Tyrrell and Bynoe, 1966). The SARS outbreak caused by SARS-CoV was emerged 18 years ago in Foshan, Guangdong, China in November 2002 and ...
While patients with minor symptoms can go for home isolation and require minor medications. However, patients with critical conditions such as breathing disorder, asthma, low immune system, etc. need to be hospitalized. In conditions like hypoxemia patients require extra oxygen supply or ventilators....
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has greatly disrupted our everyday life, forcing the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions in many countries and putting public health services and healthcare systems worldwide under stress. These circumstances are leading to unintended effects such as the increase ...
Some queries may relate to fear of the disease (“will I die of coronavirus?”, “coronavirus deaths,”“symptoms of coronavirus,” and more), while others are linked to mental health (such as “depression symptoms” and “acute anxiety”) (Ayers et al. 2020). These search queries are ...
In previous pandemics, quarantined children were more likely to develop acute stress disorder, adjustment disorders, and grief than were those who had not been quarantined.27 An increase in young people making calls to helplines with symptoms of anxiety has been reported.28 Increased alcohol sales ...