The new respiratory infectious disease coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that originated in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and caused by a new strain of zoonotic coronavirus, named severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), to…
There is evidence that SARS-CoV2 has a particular affinity for kidney tissue and is often associated with kidney failure. We assessed whether proteinuria can be predictive of kidney failure, the development of chronic kidney disease, and mortality in…
The objective of this investigation is to study the impacts of the global response to COVID-19 on air pollution and air quality changes in major cities across the globe over the past few months. Air quality data (NO2, CO, PM2.5, and O3) were…
Italy has been hit very hard by the severe acute respiratory syndrome—coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. This brief report highlights some of the peculiarities manifested by its older adult population, with particular reference to those living in…
The conundrums of choosing candidate genes, via differential expression between treated and mock specimens, are tackled by Ghandikota et al. in this issue of Patterns in their efforts to tease out genetic patterns that are characteristic of…
Introduction: COVID-19 has challenged governments, healthcare systems, and individuals, drawing at- tention to the limits of modern technology and the extent of social inequity. Such challenges have directed attention to historical epidemics as…