Tag Archives: Respiratory

[ad_1] Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has rapidly progressed into a devastating pandemic affecting global public health and paralyzing economies. So far, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused over 55.4 million infections and over 1.33 million …

[ad_1] How many people have died from influenza and COVID-19 pandemics If we analyze the data on the number of deaths from pandemics over the past 100 years, calculating how many people died on average per month with each of them, the most deadly will be the Spanish flu, the …

[ad_1] Since the onset of the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, concerns about the virus’ impact on pregnancy have increased. However, there has been little professional consensus on how best to manage pregnancy during the pandemic given the limited data currently available. A recent review published in the magazine Global challenges …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 16, 2020 The tipping point for people with COVID-19 typically comes in the second week of symptoms. As most people begin to recover, few others find it increasingly difficult to breathe and end up in the hospital. It has been theorized that those whose …

[ad_1] Researchers in Korea and the United States have identified new genetic variants that demonstrate active mutational progression of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Two of the mutations occurred in the receptor binding domain of the viral spike protein, the …

[ad_1] A research team in India recently described how the field of proteomics could be pivotal in helping tackle the current 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 Marchth, 2020, scientists have struggled to develop therapies for …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 12, 2020 A growing body of evidence points to the health risks of using e-cigarettes (or “vaping”). But as e-cigarettes are marketed as a less harmful alternative to traditional cigarettes, it’s been hard to tell if the association between vaping and sickness is just …

[ad_1] With an end to the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in sight, the potential new reservoirs of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in animal populations are closely monitored. A new study published in the journal Science in November 2020 describes the probable transmission of the virus between …

[ad_1] The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic calls for better and faster tests to ensure more accurate diagnosis, monitoring and surveillance of the disease and its spread. Serological testing is used to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection after the acute phase. A new study published on …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 12, 2020 A study conducted by Professor Yifang Zhu of UCLA Fielding School of Public Health determined that even a simple cloth mask provides significant protection against COVID-19 transmission, reducing the spread of respiratory droplets by up to 77%. We found that a simple …