pandemic

Abstract Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous negative impact on the psychosomatic status of the general population, and especially of more vulnerable populations, such as older people. The present study aimed to assess changes in psychosomatic status before and after the COVID-19...

Free full text: https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/phrs.2024.1606966/full An Unwanted but Long-Known Company: Post-Viral Symptoms in the Context of Past Pandemics in Switzerland (and Beyond) REVIEW Public Health Rev, 08 April 2024 Volume 45 - 2024 |...

Protecting yourself from COVID-19 these days is hard. And it comes at a cost. https://www.marketplace.org/2024/03/20/protecting-yourself-from-covid-19-these-days-is-hard-and-it-comes-at-a-cost/

Fear of COVID fades even as virus remains a ‘significant threat,’ survey reveals https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/survey-covid-fear-fades-even-virus-remains-18940241.php

Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic “We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-covid-poses-new-challenges-in-the-fifth-year-of-the-pandemic/ (some extra line...

Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses Background Viral epidemics or pandemics of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) pose a global threat. Examples are influenza (H1N1) caused by the H1N1pdm09 virus in 2009, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in...

Investigating the ‘Bolsonaro effect’ on the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic: an empirical analysis of observational data in Brazil Mireille Razafindrakoto; François Roubaud; Marta Reis Castilho; Valéria Pero; João Saboia Brazil counts among the countries the hardest hit by the Covid-19...

Not sure exactly where to post this article since it covers a lot of things! This forum seemed best because of the title (pandemic), but please move if there's a better place. Perhaps the forum for Long Covid news? This article is a response to Biden's statement on 60 Minutes that the pandemic...

I have just listened to a very interesting radio program 'BBC Inside Science: Biology of the new coronavirus'. I don't know whether it's available outside the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000g3gf I suggest we use this thread to share any articles, audio or video of Virologists...

Pandemic insight The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the link between viruses and autoimmunity into the spotlight. Over the past year, research suggesting that people with COVID-19 carry numerous autoantibodies in their blood has been widely reported — although the mechanism at play is as yet...

Link to article in today's Guardian. A topic that resembles aircraft circling yet never landing . https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/24/covid-vulnerable-life-death-toll-old-disabled

"In a series of definitive pieces that earned him the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting, The Atlantic’s Ed Yong anticipated the course of the coronavirus pandemic, clarified its dangers, and illuminated the American government’s disastrous failure to curb it."...

Medscape: Pandemic Boosts Care for Serious Illnesses at Home Yet another silver-lining of COVID for those of use with ME/CFS? I already get primary care in my own home (including blood draws) and have even been able to get an ultrasound in my bedroom. But to be able to avoid hospital stays in...

"How has Covid–19 affected you? @BBCNews wants to hear from deaf & disabled people. What impact has the pandemic had on your health, your disability, your life? Share your experiences with us, it won't take long" https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/BBCDisabilityCovid19/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/papt.12294 eta: paper was referenced here https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/physical-activity-in-a-pandemic-a-new-treatment-target-for-psychological-therapy

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3MZWGQV From the email I received highlighting the survey

full article here https://www.rsvplive.ie/life/living-with-woman-shares-fears-21787908

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/asda-waitrose-morrisons-product-recall-17962490

UK - Resources for help getting food during quarantine Moderator note: This thread is UK specific and has been split from the general thread on the subject to make the threads easier to navigate for people from around the world. Resources for help getting food during quarantine and safe...

I have not read the article but it seems interesting https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/bd-frogs-apocalypse-disease/585862/