COVID-19HomelessInequalitiesPandemicPreventionUKHigh rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths amongst people who are homeless in London, UK were feared. Rates however stayed much lower than expected throughout 2020; an experience that compares to other settings globally. This study sought a community...
And what about COVID-19? What the heck does that mean? Viruses and the diseases they cause in humans are each given distinct names and abbreviations, even when they're in the same family. For example, SARS coronavirus in 2003 was referred to as SARS-CoV, per the WHO, and the disease...
The race for a COVID-19 vaccine was fast but scientists were ready due to 30 years of development with a new and exciting technology called MRNA. While this is the first time MRNA has been used in human vaccines, Dr. Stappenbeck says the method has been studied for three decades. When...
On October 2, the total number of COVID-19 infections in the U.S. surpassed 7.32 million. Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme, said there was no reason why the United States of America could not control this disease, but it ...
The number of COVID-19 cases across the country hasn't truly declined despite the ongoing vaccinations.
"COVID-19 is going to be a huge burden on health systems."A note from Alanna:I said the US healthcare system could just barely handle this epidemic. That was clearly too optimistic, unless your definition of "handle" includes healthcare workers using plastic...
— I'm afraid Novel COVID-19 (新冠病毒)___ (spread) for a long time.— That's why we sti
Credit: CC0 Public Domain When Alberta's chief medical officer, Deena Hinshaw, announced special exemptions to COVID-19 regulations for group therapy in residential addiction treatment centres, it was exactly what University of Alberta addictions expert Cameron Wild was hoping to hear. ...
The Covid-19 crisis has revealed that the current European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has neither the funding, the staff or – perhaps most importantly – the authority to lead an effective response to a pandemic in Europe.
Why COVID-19 Testing is Set Up to Deliver Lots of False Positives During a 16 July 2020“This Week in Virology"podcast, Fauci was asked about the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that forms the bedrock of COVID-19 testing. Before I share what he said, a quick word about polymerase...