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Pathophysiology and clinical management of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a mini-review
An unprecedented global pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2 has created a severe healthcare threat and become one of the biggest challenges to human health and the global economy. As of July 2023, over 767 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed, including more than 6.95 million deaths. The S protein of this novel coronavirus binds to the ACE2 receptor to enter the host cells with the help of another transmembrane protease TMPRSS2. Infected subjects that can mount an appropriate host immune response can quickly inhibit the spread of infection into the lower respiratory system and the dis...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - August 14, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Prevalence of taste and smell dysfunction in mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients during Omicron prevalent period in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional survey study
Conclusions The prevalence of taste or/and smell dysfunction in patients with Omicron infections was 44%. Individuals with chemosensory dysfunction had significantly higher rates of various upper respiratory influenza-like symptoms, xerostomia and bad breath. Moreover, smell dysfunction was a risk factor for the prevalence of taste dysfunction in patients with Omicron infection. Trial registration number ChiCTR 2200059097.
Source: BMJ Open - March 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Wang, J., Chen, Y., Huang, J., Niu, C., Zhang, P., Yuan, K., Zhu, X., Jin, Q., Ran, S., Huang, Z. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, COVID-19 Source Type: research

In This Texas County, There ’ s No Such Thing as Moving on From COVID-19
Nearly one out of every 100 people living in Lamb County, Texas, died of COVID-19, one of the highest death rates in the nation. But in June 2022, more than two years after the start of the pandemic, many residents in the rural towns making up the panhandle county say things are back to normal. At a fundraiser for a Catholic church in Olton in the northeast part of the county, local families had set up stands selling gorditas and aguas frescas, and a live band belted out Tejano crowd pleasers while couples danced. Javi Lopez, 17 at the time, told me that people were comfortable gathering in groups now. Some of his friends ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alejandro De La Garza / Lamb County, Texas Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

China: From Zero-Covid to Zero-Control
Medical equipment supplied by the World Food Programme (WFP) arrives in Beijing. Meanwhile, as COVID-19 infections surged in China, coronavirus experts gathered at the UN health agency in Geneva on January 3, to discuss next steps. Photo courtesy of Yingshi ZhangBy Jan ServaesBRUSSELS, Jan 4 2023 (IPS) Three years after the coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the Chinese government began in December to abruptly scrap its harsh containment policy known as “zero-Covid.” This zero-Covid policy relied on strict lockdowns, use of a Covid tracking app, domestic travel restrictions, and quarantin...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Servaes Tags: Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Development & Aid Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 26th March, 2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/55-of-telehealth-providers-frustrated-with-overblown-patient-expectations55% of Telehealth Providers Frustrated With Overblown Patient ExpectationsProviders also cited their ability to provide quality care and technical difficulties as among their top frustrations with telehealth, a new survey shows.ByAnuja VaidyaMarch 18, 202...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 26, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: Prominence of initial public health Interference
Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2022 Feb 8. doi: 10.2174/1871526522666220208115101. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSince the first news of a coronavirus-related pneumonia outbreak in December 2019, the virus SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), which causes COVID-19, has spread worldwide, with more than 100 million people infected in over 210 countries and two million people dying as of today. In the UK (B.1.1.7), South Africa (B.1.351), Brazil (P.1), and India (B.1.617), independent SARS-CoV-2 lineages have recently been established. The virus will access these variants via the angiotensin-converting e...
Source: Infectious Disorders Drug Targets - February 9, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sukhes Mukherjee Suman Kumar Ray Source Type: research

Clinical Spectrum of COVID-19 Cases and their Correlation with S.LDH Levels- An Observational Study from Southeast Rajasthan
J Assoc Physicians India. 2021 Sep;69(9):11-12.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus or commonly referred to as the covid-19, has been a threat to the global health as well as the world economy. It all started from the Wuhan city of china in December 2019, when a cluster of pneumonia cases with severe acute respiratory symptoms were reported with unknown etiology, majority of cases linked to the exposure to wholesale seafood market in Hunan. On January 7th, after the nomenclature of this causative agent was done as Corona Virus Disease 2019, COVID19, the struggles to combat and try to control this illn...
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - September 29, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Deepak Gupta Ramavtar Sharma Bhalachandra Patwardhan Rajendra Dutt Mathur Source Type: research