Today, nine or ten months after the recognition that a new coronavirus had caused the sudden appearance of a large number of atypical pneumonias in Wuhan, the city is still largely considered the place of origin of the new viral disease. However, as documented in a recent contribution [1],...
Coronaviruses are group of ribonucleic acid [RNA] viruses that broadly infect vertebrates including humans, birds, bats, snakes, mice, and other wild animals [1]. To our interest, human coronaviruses are divided into four subgroups: alpha, beta, gamma, and delta. There are seven strains of ...
2020, Donald Trump promised to, “produce a vaccine before the end of the year, or maybe even sooner” (Reich and Masket2020). Trump added, “Nobody thought it could be done this fast. Normally it would be years, and we did it in a matter of a few months. We...
Here’s what we know about the history of the coronavirus that was first detected in late 2019 and set off a global pandemic. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, got its name based on its genetic structure. This is how all viruses are named. SARS-CoV-2 is genetically similar...
The politicization of the situation with the coronavirus pandemic, which is gaining strength in recent weeks, has led to a logical and sad outcome – the search for those responsible. The statements made by a number of American politicians and publicists that the “criminal nature of the CPC ...
Pandemic, outbreak of infectious disease that occurs over a wide geographical area and that is of high prevalence, generally affecting a significant proportion of the world’s population over the course of several months. Learn about how pandemics arise
It’s hard to calculate and forecast the true impact of COVID-19, as the outbreak is still ongoing and researchers are still learning about this new form of coronavirus. Urbanization and the Spread of Disease We arrive at where we began, with rising global connections and interactions as a ...
The Black Death haunts the world as the worst-case scenario for the speed of disease's spread. It was the second pandemic caused by the bubonic plague, and ravaged Earth’s population. Called the Great Mortality as it caused its devastation, it became known as the Black Death in the late...
Previous studies on the natural history of long-COVID have been few and selective. Without comparison groups, disease progression cannot be differentiated from symptoms originating from other causes. The Long-COVID in Scotland Study (Long-CISS) is a Scot
As the COVID-19 situation continues to worsen in the United States, their smearing campaign against China has become even more unscrupulous. Calling China "the origin of the coronavirus" and blaming China for "hiding information," they are desperate to hold China accountable for the pandemic, an...