The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has emerged as an unprecedented global crisis challenging health systems. This paper aims to assess and characterise SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg to…
Purpose: Transesophageal echocardiography is an aerosol-generating procedure, and exercise stress testing is a potentially aerosol-generating activity. Concern has been raised about heightened risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome…
This text presents the book Echoes of the end of the world. Environmental changes and social life in the time of COVID-19, published in 2020 by Livraria da Física and organized by Márcia Maria Regina da Silva (UERN), Carlos Aldemir Farias da Silva…
Sex education in the United States is often approached through an individual lens that focuses on personal protection, safety, and rights. This focus on personal responsibility and care-for-self reflects national values and permeates governmental…
BACKGROUND This single-center study analyzed distinctions between lung transplants performed in the Department of Cardiac and Vascular surgery of the University Clinical Center in Gdańsk, Poland before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIAL AND…
Abstract Epidemiological studies have yielded conflicting results regarding climate and incident SARS-CoV-2 infection, and seasonality of infection rates is debated. Moreover, few studies have focused on COVD-19 deaths. We studied the association of…
Bahru Mantefardo,1 Addisu Alemayehu Gube,2 Ephrem Awlachew,3 Gizaw Sisay2 1Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health and Medicinal Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia; 2Department of Public Health, College of…
BACKGROUNDCovid-2019, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARSCoV2), is an ongoing pandemic that emerged from China in November 2019. Ithas affected millions of people worldwide causing significant morbidity andmortality. We…
The general practitioners (GPs’) practice faced serious challenges as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, including from a legal point of view. In this context, a series of questions related to the GPs’ professional activities might arise such as: (i)…