We describe the case of a young female patient admitted to our emergency department during the Italian COVID-19 epidemic, for fever and dry cough associated with symptoms of gastric reflux over the previous 5 days. Lung ultrasound showed diffuse…
Background: Anecdotal reports suggest a rise in anti-Asian racial attitudes and discrimination in response to COVID-19. Racism can have significant social, economic, and health impacts, but there has been little systematic investigation of increases…
In December 2019, the Chinese city of Wuhan was the center of origin of a pneumonia-like disease outbreak with an unknown causative pathogen. The CDC, China, managed to track the source of infection to a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV; SARS-CoV-2) that…
In medical education, peer learning has a significant impact on deeper learning and considered an effective method of collaborative and deeper learning. This article highlights the adjustment of the final year medical students to the peer learning…
Aim: to describe physical activity and ultra-processed foods consumption, their changes and sociodemographic predictors among adolescents from countries in Europe (Italy and Spain) and Latin America (Brazil, Chile, and Colombia) during the…
Haḍrat ‘Umar (R.A) had great insight and comprehension in reliving all political, religious, social, and judicial issues, in the light of Islam. He solved every individual and collective issue immediately without imposing his opinion on others but…
Este estudo buscou averiguar as representações sociais acerca do esporte paraolímpico nacional diante da pandemia de COVID-19 nas notícias veiculadas pelo site do Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (CPB). Foram catalogadas as notícias do período de 16 de…
To combat the massive COVID-19 infection rates, the health-care workers (HCWs) are likely to work for long hours under substantial pressures, along with the infection risk. The consequence is that the HCWs become progressively hesitant to their works…
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression found in more than 200 diverse organisms. Although it is still not fully established if RNA viruses could generate miRNAs, there are examples of miRNA like sequences from RNA…
Recent infectious disease outbreaks, including the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have demonstrated the critical importance of resilient health systems in safeguarding global health security.…