COVID-19 precautions taken in 2020 disrupted efforts to eliminate several neglected tropical diseases by 2030, which could delay some regions from reaching tropical disease control goals by 2 to 3 years in some cases, according to a modelingstudy. However, mitigation strategies could help avoid los...
What does COVID-19 do? In case of 80% of people who contractCOVID-19, the symptoms will be similar to the common cold and it will resolve without issue. If you look at the data from China, about 14% of cases progress to severe wear some people have difficulty breathing and only 5%...
And that is exactly what the SARS-CoV-2 does, and what distinguish it from the previous corona species. Resuming some of the until now identified main features of the new SARS-CoV-2 and of its corresponding disease coined as COVID 19: The latter reflects the height of the power of the...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vast differences in approaches to the control and containment of coronavirus across the world and has demonstrated the varied success of such approaches in minimizing the transmission of coronavirus. While previous studies have demonstrated high predictive...
On Monday AstraZeneca became the third pharmaceutical company this month to announce promising results from a late-stage coronavirus vaccine clinical trial, joining Pfizer and Moderna as the leading candidates for developing an effective prevention for COVID-19. ...
The COVID-19 crisis forced educators globally to reassess delivery of their curricula and educational priorities. Already the worsening climate crisis amid
"The greatest risk for severe illness from COVID-19 is among those aged 85 or older," it says. But no matter a person's age, the CDC says the following conditions increase a person's risk of severe COVID-19 illness: Chronic kidney disease ...
[source:D'Souza and Dowdy]. Even if it turns out that this particular strain of COVID-19 miraculously doesn't mutate, it'll take some serious time (months or years) for herd immunity to be achieved, meaning that most of the population is either vaccinated or has become immune to the ...
a fully informed and carefully thought-out change management plan is best. But when a crisis such as COVID-19 presents urgent, emergent and high-stakes changes, you need to make faster, more nimble decisions. When you have no time to plan, combining the ADKAR Model with Adaptive Action off...
Many executives are hoping that the COVID-19 pandemic is a once-in-a-lifetime event. However, as the adage goes, “hope is not a strategy.” There are ways to stand out and better navigate the storms of the next inevitable disruption. These include reimaging your supply chain strategies...