First, having a lot of excess weight puts added pressure on the chest and abdomen, restricting breathing. Second, people with obesity often developchronic diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension, that raise the risk of severe COVID-19. Third, obesity enhances formation of blood clots that c...
Men is at a higher risk than females for COVID-19. ConclusionAccording to this short communication article, two groups of people are at higher risk of developing severeCOVID-19 disease. Old age people and individuals with underlying disabilities such as heart problems,asthma, chronic lung ...
"Public policymakers face important decisions about how to balance the economic benefits of keeping workers employed and the public health benefits of protecting those with increased risk of severe COVID-19," said lead researcher Thomas Selden, from the U.S. Agency for Healt...
Professor Dale Nyholt, from the QUT Center for Genomics and Personalized Health, said a key finding was that one of the 344 studied blood analytes had widespread shared genetic influences with COVID-19 causing an increased risk of severe COVID-19. "Our genetic causality analyses found that high...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has highly praised the pandemic prevention and control at the Games, which has seen no more than 10 new COVID-19 cases reported inside the closed loop since Feb. 6, including a zero on Feb. 13. ...
Biden Administration to Spend $1.6 Billion for COVID-19 Testing in High-Risk Settings -Official More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Women walk past a novel coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson WASHINGTO...
Both the president and the first lady are said to be experiencing “mild symptoms” since testing positive for COVID-19 and are quarantined at the White House. Older adults and those with underlying medical conditions are considered to be at an increased risk for severe illness, according to ...
Cambodia has reopened all socio-economic activities since November, buoyed by its high vaccination rates. The country had so far administered at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines to 14.28 million people, or 89.2 percent of its 16-million population, the health ministry said. ...
As of 5 p.m. today, no new COVID infections related to cases 1 to 16 which are in the same transmission chain since Jan. 7, as well as Shenzhen’s first Omicron case (Case 17) which was reported Sunday, ha...
China will start vaccinating high-risk groups against COVID-19 over the winter, Zeng Yixin, deputy head of the National Health Commission said Saturday. Those who work in the cold-chain industry, healthcare, customs, wholesale and seafood markets, and public transportation, are a...