Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created an economic crisis alongside a health care crisis. During the 2 weeks ending on March 28, nearly 10 million people filed for unemployment insurance, dwarfing any previous monthly numbers. Estimatessuggestthat the US economy will contract by 10% to ...
This strain on the health care system stretches far beyond patients with COVID-19, as people with chronic diseases such as diabetes, Crohn’s, cancer and their providers struggle with the best way to manage their illnesses. With few medical resources available and the risk of exposure to...
Healthcare, typically known to be slow-moving with all of its complexities, has had to adjust rapidly to meet increasing patient cases and demands, creating problems which are hopefully only short term. For example, independent medical practices have been closing as they struggle to bring...
How COVID-19 Is Changing U.S. Health Care Deliverydoi:10.1097/01.COT.0000688432.97138.74Eastman, PeggyOncology Times
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Inacuterespiratory distress(n.(肉体的)剧痛) syndrome(综合征) (ARDS), your COVID-19 pneumonia gets worse quickly, and your body's response can damage your lungs more. The tiny, delicate air sacs(囊) (called alveoli...
It’s obvious that COVID-19 has radically reshaped many aspects of our society and our lives over the past two years. But perhaps unnoticed by most, the pandemic has also accelerated a quiet but powerful transformation in the way that we at UPMC approach how we care for...
COVID-19 has put a spotlight on ordinary, day to day, mental health. Virtually every government out there has issues with some version of ‘how to take care of your mental health’ during the pandemic. FromCanadain the north toNew Zealandin the far corner of the globe, governments are ...
2020 is the last year of China's 13th Five-Year Plan (FYP). However, the sudden COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the original pace of production and life. It's also a major test for the country's public health system. "The practice of fighting COVID-19 exposed many loop...
The COVID-19 crisis has forced U.S. politicians and public-health officials into a lose-lose dilemma: both groups are now weighting the life-and-death risk of exposing people to the virus against the manifold hardships created by stay-at-home directives and business closure. ...