The theme of touch is present in many contemporary issues. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the introduction of barrier gestures had an impact on touch, to the point of prohibiting it. Touch is essential to health care, and retains a fundamental place
CONCLUSION: The study concludes that severe COVID-19 patients, male patients, patients having comorbidity, older age, and patients having symptoms as poor prognostic factors of COVID-19 disease and also prolonged recovery time. Therefore, health
CONCLUSIONS: Midazolam and 1-OH-midazolam were not removed during CVVHD and CVVHDF. However, 1-OH-midazolam-glucuronide was removed reasonably, approximately up to 43%. CRRT modality, filter integrity, and downtime affect this removal. These data
CONCLUSION: We observed lower rates of VTE compared to the internationally reported for the same period. We conclude that in the setting of controlled hospital admission rate and standard anticoagulation guidelines, COVID-19 resulted in similar
Vaccination status and the SARS-CoV-2 variant individuals are infected with are known to independently impact viral dynamics; however, little is known about the interaction of these two factors and how this impacts viral dynamics. Here we
CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides insight into public perceptions and sentiment regarding breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic. Contrary to other topics we explored in the context of COVID (e.g., ivermectin, disinformation), we found that
In this conference report, I highlight the potential to target tissue-resident T cells to enhance prophylactic and therapeutic vaccine immunity. I describe our recent findings on exploiting frontline sentinal immunosurveillance by liver-resident
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic shows the increasing importance of determining the factors of the public perceptions of personal and societal risks. These perceptions can shape people's behaviors, which, in turn, alter the spread of a pandemic
Psychosocial and behavioral interventions have been shown to significantly reduce depressive and anxiety symptoms in different populations. Recent evidence suggests that the mental health of the general population has deteriorated significantly since