Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as a critical tool for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 circulation at the community level. This study assessed spatiotemporal viral dynamics in Las Heras, Mendoza, Argentina, by comparing wastewater samples from...
A rare but potentially fatal hyperinflammatory disease that develops following SARS-CoV-2 infection is called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Mucocutaneous manifestations are common and frequently overlap with other pediatric i...
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the global construction industry, resulting in workforce shortages, project delays, and contractual disputes. This study used an online survey of private engineering and construction companies to assess their responses...
University students are a major target population for infectious disease prevention programmes. Understanding the barriers to implementation of these programmes, and specifically vaccines, among student populations is critical for effective health pr...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused substantial global health and economic disruption, and identifying factors associated with adverse outcomes remains essential. This study is a first-wave observational study and examined risk factors and...
The COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2023) profoundly disrupted healthcare systems and imposed sustained psychological burdens on healthcare professionals and trainees. Reliable instruments are essential for assessing these impacts. This study evaluated...
Background: Endocrine disturbances are increasingly recognized as components of long COVID, yet long-term data remain limited. This study evaluated the prevalence of dysglycemia and thyroid autoimmunity four years after SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults...
Although self-administered antigen tests are widely available, anatomical knowledge of nasal anatomy in the general population is limited. Cerebrospinal fluid leakage has been reported in multiple cases following damage to the roof of the nasal cavit...
One of the challenges post-COVID-19 is reducing the negative impacts on quality of life, performance, and independence in activities of daily living. Assessing functional dependence in adults one year after acute infection can help to understand the...
Background and Purpose: Post-COVID-19 syndrome significantly impacts respiratory function and quality of life. Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has been proposed as a potential intervention to improve respiratory muscle strength and overall recovery...
Influenza is typically framed as an acute respiratory infection, yet accumulating evidence suggests that—like SARS-CoV-2—it may trigger persistent, multi-organ morbidity consistent with a post-acute infection syndrome (“long flu&rdq...
Numerous factors contributed to coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease recovery and death rates. In many countries, socioeconomics, morbidities, the experience of symptoms and access to healthcare services are major contributors to recovery and death ra...
There is a paucity of evidence informing our understanding of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected pediatric trauma in Manitoba, Canada. The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to analyze the effect of the pandemic on pediatric trauma and its as...
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated structural, social, economic, and racial inequalities affecting immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking men—vulnerable populations often overlooked in men’s health research. This study investigated the hea...
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of rapid clinical decision-making to facilitate the efficient usage of healthcare resources. Over the past decade, machine learning (ML) has caused a tectonic shift in healthcare, empowering data-d...
This study aims to evaluate the reliability and minimal detectable change (MDC) of the 2 min marching test (2MMT) for cardiovascular response, as well as to compare its outcomes with those of the 6 min walk test (6MWT), in youth recovering from post-...
Background: In 2019, a new virus caused by SARS-CoV-2, called COVID-19, spread throughout the world, causing a pandemic state. As the pandemic progressed and cases continued to increase, safe vaccines were developed for the entire population. In Braz...
Headache is a common symptom during SARS-CoV-2 infection and may persist beyond three months. Both tension-type and migraine-like headaches have been described during SARS-CoV-2 infection and after immunization. The main objective was to characterize...
Vulnerable populations experience higher mortality and readmission after hospital discharge. We sought to evaluate the impact of the Transitions Of Care Bundle (TOCB™) on COVID-19 patient outcomes post-discharge compared to a control cohort. Th...
Local Owner-Operated Retail Outlets (LOOROs) in India faced unprecedented disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, with digital transformation emerging as both a challenge and an opportunity. The growing dominance of larger online and offline competi...
COVID-19 in newborns presents a multifaceted clinical spectrum, with the potential for severe outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical evolution and hospital outcomes of neonates with a molecular diagnosis of COVID-19. A case-control study...
Background: Several genes and genomic regions have been implicated in COVID-19 susceptibility and severity, but their clinical relevance remains uncertain. We comprehensively assessed both copy number variants (CNVs) and single-nucleotide variants (S...
It is imperative that society becomes aware of ergonomic risks, not only in an occupational place but also in everyday contexts where they can go unnoticed, such as the educational sector, and in the specific case of students. To identify this risk,...
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) is a rare but potentially reversible neurological manifestation associated with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). We report an eight-year-old boy who developed PRES secondary to...
Background: According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), long COVID refers to symptoms persisting for four weeks or more after acute infection, with over 100 identified, including fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and brea...
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequities in maternity care, particularly among culturally diverse and migrant women. Although data were collected during the early pandemic phase, revisiting these experiences offers valuab...
Background: Balneotherapy (BT) has been proposed as a supportive intervention for post-COVID-19 musculoskeletal (MSK) and fatigue-related symptoms; however, comparative evidence across different BT delivery modes remains limited. This study aimed to...
Introduction: Immune dysfunction plays a significant role in Metabolic syndrome, contributing to both insulin resistance and chronic low-grade inflammation. This immune dysfunction is characterized by overproduction of inflammatory cytokines among wh...
Background: Elderly individuals represent one of the populations most affected by COVID-19, exhibiting high vulnerability to malnutrition, sarcopenia, and poor clinical outcomes. The association between nutritional status and disease progression high...
This study examined the relationship between trust in COVID-19 information sources and self-rated health (SRH) among Latino Day Laborers (LDLs) and whether mental health mediated this association. Participants (N = 300) recruited at 18 job-seeking lo...
Objectives: Neurodivergent (ND) individuals (e.g., autistic people) are more likely to experience health problems that are characterised by ‘Central Sensitisation’ (CS). Recent research suggests that a so-called ‘Long-COVID’ s...
This study examines how the explanations about school violence are constructed in Chilean online newspapers after the country—which had the longest period of school closures—returned to in-person classes. During early 2022, several compla...
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that its effects go far beyond the initial respiratory illness, with many survivors experiencing lasting neurological problems. Some patients develop a condition known as Long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SA...
Importance: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was the third leading cause of mortality in the United States for three years in a row. The genetic contributions to disease severity remain unclear and many previously identified single nucleotide...
Efforts have been made to develop a case definition for Long COVID, with results differing on whether the case definition should be specific and exclusive, or broad and easily generalizable. Each of these methods has been subject to limitations. As m...
Background: This study aimed to assess whether methylprednisolone treatment, while effective in reducing COVID-19 mortality, increases the risk of intensive-care-unit-acquired respiratory tract infections (RTI-ICU) in critically ill patients. Methods...
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, disrupts human cellular pathways through complex protein–protein interaction, contributing to disease progression. As the virus has evolved, emerging variants have exhibited differences in transmi...
Saliva specimens are widely used for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing using RT-qPCR due to their advantages over nasopharyngeal swabs of being non-invasive and self-collectable. However, saliva collection can be time-consuming in individua...
Objective: To compare self-reported functioning, disability, and health care-seeking behavior of previously healthy and unhealthy participants after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Design: Cross-sectional design conducted in 2021–2022. Subjects/Patients:...
Background: Women are at increased risk of developing severe morbidity and mortality during pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium, especially in developing countries. In Mexico, during 2020, 27.5% of maternal deaths were attributed to COVID-19. T...
The COVID-19 pandemic initially focused clinical efforts on hospitalized patients. However, as the pandemic progressed, attention shifted to outpatients who often experience milder symptoms yet still contribute to viral transmission. This scoping rev...
Long COVID, a condition marked by persistent symptoms following COVID-19 infection, poses significant challenges in regard to clinical management. While emerging pharmacological treatments have demonstrated limited benefits in isolated studies, clini...
Background: Diagnosing post-COVID syndrome (PCS) in older adults with hypertension is difficult due to heterogeneity and multimorbidity. We aimed to identify factors associated with PCS. Methods: An observational study was conducted from June 2024 to...
The cumulative global incidence of long COVID is around 400 million individuals, yet effective treatment options remain limited. A recent systematic review published in 2025 highlighted promising results for non-invasive brain stimulation in alleviat...
Attitudes towards COVID-19 and lived experiences during the pandemic depended greatly on people’s level of education. This study extends a previous analysis of vaccine hesitancy as a function of formal education and examines additional indicato...
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, treatment protocols varied substantially among countries and even between hospitals. This study compared the clinical characteristics, management strategies, and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 pati...
After SARS-CoV-2 infection, a subset of patients experience persistent cardiac symptoms, yet data on long-term cardiac involvement and clinical outcomes in the post-COVID-19 condition remain limited. This study aimed to investigate myocardial abnorma...
This study investigated proteomic differences in nasopharyngeal swabs of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients from Manaus (Brazil) who were hospitalized during the devastating first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, before the emergence of the deadly P1 SARS-Co...
Background: This cross-sectional study reports exploratory observations on respiratory symptom patterns in individuals with prior coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), evaluating associations with exercise habits, number of severe acute respiratory sy...
In this study, we develop and analyze an extended SEIR-type compartmental model that incorporates vaccination and treatment to describe the dynamics of acute respiratory infection transmission. The model subdivides the infectious population into seve...
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