Authors: By Dr. Ramya Dwivedi, Ph.D. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused over 3.75 million deaths worldwide through infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In Canada, COVID-19 has accounted for over 1.4 million infections and over 25,000 deaths. Acute COVID-19 illness typically lasts two to six weeks; however, some patients have reported debilitating […]
Authors: Ritwick Mondal 1, Upasana Ganguly 1, Shramana Deb 2, Gourav Shome 3, Subhasish Pramanik 1, Deebya Bandyopadhyay 1, Durjoy Lahiri 4 Abstract With the growing number of COVID-19 cases in recent times. significant set of patients with extra pulmonary symptoms has been reported worldwide. Here we venture out to summarize the clinical profile, investigations, and radiological findings among patients with SARS-CoV-2-associated meningoencephalitis in the form of a […]
Authors: Abanoub Riad,1,2,*†Andrea Pokorná,2,3,†Sameh Attia,4Jitka Klugarová,1,2Michal Koščík,1,5,‡ and Miloslav Klugar1,2,‡Giovanni Gabutti, Academic Editor Abstract Background: COVID-19 vaccine side effects have a fundamental role in public confidence in the vaccine and its uptake process. Thus far, the evidence on vaccine safety has exclusively been obtained from the manufacturer-sponsored studies; therefore, this study was designed to provide independent evidence on […]
Authors: Laura Oliver 30 Mar 2020 The US and Eurozone’s economies could take until 2023 to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, according to a new report from consultancy McKinsey & Company. If the public health response, including social distancing and lockdown measures, is initially successful but fails to prevent a resurgence in […]
Analysis of the national and regional economic impacts of the novel coronavirus and steps taken to contain the COVID-19 outbreak Economic Brief June 2021, No. 21-18 Was There a Better Way to Contain COVID-19? Article by: Andreas Hornstein Many countries resorted to social distancing as a first response to contain the spread of COVID-19. Arguably, social […]
Authors: Aaron Klein and Ember SmithFriday, February 5, 2021 ABSTRACT As the United States prepares for a COVID-19 recovery, policymakers need to understand why some cities and communities were more vulnerable to the pandemic’s economic consequences than others. In this paper, we consider the association between a city’s core industry, its economic susceptibility to the pandemic, and […]
Authors: Eduardo Levy Yeyati and Federico Filippini Tuesday, June 8, 2021 INTRODUCTION The impact of the pandemic on world GDP growth is massive. The COVID-19 global recession is the deepest since the end of World War II (Figure 1). The global economy contracted by 3.5 percent in 2020 according to the April 2021 World Economic Outlook Report published […]
Authors: VICTORIA UDALOVA | MARCH 08, 2021 The initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. economy was widespread and affected people across all age groups and all states while the initial mortality impact targeted mostly older people in just a few states according to independent research by the U.S. Census Bureau. During April 2020, the first full […]
While most COVID-19 research has focused on the nose and lungs, this is the first study to identify the mouth as a primary site for coronavirus infection and underscores the importance of wearing a face covering and physical distancing. By University Communications, Thursday, October 29th, 2020 A team of researchers led by the University of North […]
July 26, 2020 3.56pm EDT We’re now all too familiar with the common symptoms of COVID-19: a fever, dry cough and fatigue. Some people also experience aches and pains, a sore throat, and loss of taste or smell. Sufferers with mild illness might expect to get better after a few weeks. But there’s mounting evidence this […]