The public interest requirement for individuals to have health certification for public health purposes as they move about the community already exists in many contexts around the world but proposed ‘immunity passports’ would come with deeper issues for potential discrimination. During periods of lock...
such as individuals with other genetic syndromes like Fragile X or Down's syndrome, or children of schizophrenic parents. "We also want to investigate whether the 3% to 4% of adolescents
After supplementing the Greek data for deaths with the data for the number of individuals reported to be infected by SARS-CoV-2, we estimated the effect on deaths and infections in the case that the easing of the lockdown measures is different for these two subpopulations. We found that if...
These allo-specific memory cells are capable of cross-reacting with foreign viral antigens and can be readily activated non-specifically by environmental stimuli such as cytokines and foreign pathogens. The memory pool of allo-specific immune cells in primed individuals can also be re-activated by ...
Those conditions include cancer, chronic kidney disease, COPD, Down Syndrome, heart conditions, obesity and severe obesity, sickle cell disease, smoking, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Individuals who are pregnant and those in an immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from solid organ transpl...
A honey bee hive is a warm, moist, densely populated environment inhabited by closely related individuals—the perfect setting for viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and mites. Bees have successfully protected themselves for millions of years from such threats with unique colony-level and individual-...
According to Itzhaky and York (2001), such undertaking should include issues pertinent to “ontogenic development,” defined as a physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development that can be attributed to experiences with the environment and the individuals within that environment. Within the ...
distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis, multiple organ failure and death. The subset with mild flu-like symptoms is associated with younger healthy individuals, while the subset associated with more severe symptoms is mostly associated with elderly adults that are frail and/or present with co-morbidities...
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