2024 October - 12 articles
Mortality due to suicide is amongst the largest public health concerns across the world today in Bharat (India). There have been concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to worsening mental health outcomes across the world, including in Bh...
Peptide p176-190, derived from the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, is one of the major T cell epitopes that elicits the HLA-DR-restricted IL-8 response of human CD4+ T cells. Using PBMCs from a healthy individual primed with an S-protein-based SARS-CoV-2 v...
The COVID-19 pandemic and other infectious diseases continue to threaten public health, particularly in densely populated informal settlements. Effective hand hygiene, supported by alcohol-based hand sanitizers (ABHS), plays a critical role in preven...
Negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health have been widely reported. Chinese populations, especially those living overseas, are highly vulnerable to mental health problems considering the unique challenges they faced during the pande...
The Italian sporting event ‘XIV Convittiadi’ involving students at boarding schools took place in Molise region, central Italy, in April 2022. The study describes the public health protocol with specific countermeasures developed for the...
Background. People living with HIV (PWH) frequently have co-morbid substance use disorders that may have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined associations between COVID-related stress and increased substance use among PWH in Wa...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impact, necessitating a deeper understanding of factors influencing virus transmission. The negative impacts have weakened the economy and changed billions of lives around the world. COVID-19 is a new virus, and...
Several websites have offered patients opportunities to find out whether they meet the case definitions for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The current study describes a new online screener that can be completed by indivi...
This study in Singapore analysed the incubation periods of the following SARS-CoV-2 variants: Wuhan-Hu-1, Delta, and Omicron. Three pandemic waves were examined: Wuhan-Hu-1 (January 2020–March 2021), Delta (May–October 2021), and Omicron...
As a framework for understanding the structural factors that affect health, the social determinants of health (SDoH) have particular significance during the developmental stage of adolescence. When the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) began, pu...
As the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading worldwide in late 2019 and early 2020, many vaccine candidates were developed to combat the disease. However, new COVID-19 variants such as Omicron and Delta continue to emerge globally despite advancements in...
Objective: To summarize the prevalence of Long COVID symptoms among the general population reported in published articles from the pre-omicron SARS-CoV2 era. This narrative review examined 21 symptoms. Methods: A PubMed/manual search returned 114 art...
