You just breath the air, and that s how it s passed … This is deadly stuff, said President Donald Trump. The date of Bob Woodward s bombshell recording, February , is important. President Trump knew then the threat of COVID- – and had no qualms about downplaying it. We don t want
Amy Scott takes in the view from the Embarcadero as wildfire smoke mixes with the marine layer, blanketing San Francisco in darkness and an orange glow on Sept. , in San Francisco. Over million acres have burned this year. Images In a sunny Australian city known for being one of the world’s largest
The so-called Vaccine Administration Management System is the latest big health data project the administration has launched and follows this summer’s bungled rollout of a new system to track hospital coronavirus cases that displaced a system long used by states and the CDC. The vaccine system is being developed by Deloitte using technology
A person holding kernel in one hand and fortified rice in the other at a Fortified Rice Factory at Zobeda Auto Rice Mill in Kurigram s Fulbari Sadar Union WFP The country is teaming up with WFP to fight nutrition deficiency among poor in Dhaka Through its Open Market Sale OMS program, the
With the spread of the novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide and associated high incidence of thromboembolic complications, the use of heparin is on the rise. It therefore is crucial to identify patients with contraindications for heparin. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a life-threatening complication of exposure to heparin. We report a 66-year-old woman, who was
Abstract Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused morbidity and mortality, as well as, widespread disruption to people’s lives and livelihoods around the world. Given the health and economic threats posed by the pandemic to the global community, there are concerns that rates of suicide and suicidal behaviour may rise during and in its aftermath.
COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), an enveloped positive stranded RNA virus and the third member of the family Coronaviridae which has emerged as a zoonotic infection. The predecessor of this new pathogen caused the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 and the Middle
Knowing when to get tested for the novel coronavirus before seeing friends and family can be confusing, especially as the nation lacks a cohesive approach. Likely compounding any confusion is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent change to its testing guidance, which led to widespread criticism and further uncertainty around COVID- testing in general. But
Workers remove debris from a hospital that was heavily damaged in last month s explosion in Beirut. Lebanon s interim health minister, Hamad Hasan, told local media last month that the health system was on the brink of being overwhelmed because of the needs of blast victims and COVID- patients. Felipe DanaAP hide
In a bid to slow the rate of spread of the virus, the Federal Government of Nigeria, on several occasions, imposed targeted lockdown measures in areas with rapid increase of Covid-19 cases. The states in which the federal government imposed the targeted lockdown included Lagos, Ogun, and the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.