COVID-19 - The Deeping

Navigating the Post-COVID Epoch: Confronting the Quandaries and Prospects in Economic Prognostication

Apr 20, 2023

This treatise delves into the multifaceted challenges and opportunities that have materialised in the sphere of economic prognostication, brought about by the COVID-19 cataclysm. We shall probe into the following domains: The Metamorphosing Terrain of Economic Forecasting Repercussions of COVID-19 on Prognostication Constructs Data Veracity and Accessibility Modifying Forecasting Approaches for a Post-COVID

Three years on, the COVID pandemic may never end – but the public health impact is becoming more manageable

Mar 14, 2023

Antonie S/Shutterstock Michael Head, University of Southampton Three years ago, on March 11 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus first formally described COVID-19 as a pandemic. The impact of the pandemic on all aspects of society has been enormous, but we’ve come a long way since March 2020. The toll

Native Americans have experienced a dramatic decline in life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic – but the drop has been in the making for generations

Feb 6, 2023

Indigenous patients who live in rural areas often have limited access to medical care. THE PALMER/E+ via Getty Images Allison Kelliher, University of North Dakota Six and one-half years. That’s the decline in life expectancy that the COVID-19 pandemic wrought upon American Indians and Alaska Natives, based on an August 2022 report from

The conditional effect of family resilience on family quality of life during the Covid-19 pandemic

Jan 26, 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges, both economically and psychologically, to most families across the world. Yet, little study has been done on this topic in Indonesia, even after the second year of the pandemic. This study examines how the Covid-19 economic impact and parental stress are related to the family quality

China’s COVID situation is dire – but it shouldn’t pose a big risk to other countries

Jan 9, 2023

Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia China is currently in the midst of a severe wave of COVID infections and deaths. We don’t know exactly how bad it is because of significant gaps in official reporting, but by all indications, things are dire. News reports suggest hospitals and mortuaries are overflowing. So how

The Business of Clinical Trials Is Booming. Private Equity Has Taken Notice

Dec 21, 2022

Rachana Pradhan December 2, 2022 After finding success investing in the more obviously lucrative corners of American medicine — like surgery centers and dermatology practices — private equity firms have moved aggressively into the industry’s more hidden niches: They are pouring billions into the business of clinical drug trials. To bring a new

The 2022 Lancet climate change and health report: Dire warnings and glimmers of hope

Dec 8, 2022

by Naseem S. Miller, The Journalist’s Resource Dr. Renee Salas sees the effects of climate change in the patients she treats in the emergency department at Massachusetts General Hospital. “Asthma flares, heart attacks, heatstroke, mental health crises; I can put a Band-Aid on these problems but then I send my patients back out

SARS-CoV-2 and the role of close contact in transmission: a systematic review

Dec 2, 2022

SARS-CoV-2 transmission has been reported to be associated with close contact with infected individuals. However, the mechanistic pathway for transmission in close contact settings is unclear. Our objective was to identify, appraise and summarise the evidence from studies assessing the role of close contact in SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Methods: This review is part of

COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab

Nov 9, 2022

by Katherine Eban, Vanity Fair, and Jeff Kao, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Coronavirus The U.S. Response to COVID-19 “A Secret Language of Chinese Officialdom” Toy Reid has always had a gift for

How racism and inequality created COVID-19’s ‘Viral Underclass’

Oct 27, 2022

by María Inés Zamudio, Center for Public IntegrityOctober 14, 2022 We share the planet with over 380 trillion viruses right now. Some of these powerful pathogens can kill us and even bring the world to a halt — as the novel coronavirus did in 2020. Viruses teach us how “undeniably connected we are

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