By classifying older adults, based on chronological age, as a higher risk group of coronavirus disease, 2019 is unacceptable and unfair- potentially reinforcing ageism. This ageist approach can accelerate the risk of social isolation, and heightened levels of psychosocial distress. Moreover, a ...
Determinants of voluntary or coerced sexual debut among Black African female adolescents in Soweto, South Africa: Findings from The Birth to Twenty Plus co... Background: Early sexual debut whether voluntary or coerced increases exposure to high risk sex which leads to unplanned pregnancy, sexually...
COVID Crisis (2020-2022) The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic both saw and spurred some bizarre financial events that would forever change the global economy. In China, Evergrande, once the world’s most valuable real estate company, failed because of its aggressive lending and excess risk-taking....
et al. The isolated effect of age on the risk of COVID-19 severe outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis. BMJ Glob. Health 6, e006434 (2021). PubMed Google Scholar Lewis, S. A. et al. Differential dynamics of peripheral immune responses to acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in ...
Basic host response parameters to classify mortality risk in COVID-19 and community-acquired pneumonia Article Open access 03 June 2024 External validation of clinical severity scores to guide referral of paediatric acute respiratory infections in resource-limited primary care settings Article Open ac...
PEP is typically used when barrier methods fail or were not used during sex with a person with known or high risk factors for HIV. ART taken before sex as “pre-exposure prophylaxis” (PrEP) is highly effective when added to barrier methods. Perhaps the most effective way to reduce HIV ...
Remote delivery of motor function assessment and training for clinical trials in neuromuscular disease: a response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Front Genet. 2021;12:735538. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Alfano LN, Miller NF, Berry KM, Yin H, Rolf KE, Flanigan KM, ...
The results of the RECOVERY-RS trial11should be interpreted in the context of findings from other recent trials12,13that assessed respiratory support in patients with COVID-19. In the Helmet Noninvasive Ventilation Versus High-Flow Oxygen Therapy in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure (HENIVOT) tri...
The inept response to the Covid pandemic. The pardoning of war criminals (and the pardoning of political allies like Roger Stone). The praise and love for dictators and the commensurate disdain for democratic allies. The current threats of politically-inspired investigations of political opponents ...
COVID19 will have a greater risk of developing typical PD than those without a known exposure to SARS-CoV-2218. It is intriguing that one year into the pandemic, a handful of case reports have been published to date that have described cases of parkinsonism in subjects afflicted by COVID19...