There is inconclusive evidence whether pregnancy exacerbates COVID-19 symptoms or not, and scarce data from the Middle East and North Africa region. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between pregnancy and COVID-19 symptoms in
CONCLUSIONS: The difference in excess mortality between countries during the COVID-19 pandemic and various country experiences demonstrate the potential of the levers in promoting a more just and effective health emergency response. These same levers
CONCLUSIONS: There was a large number of possible mRNA COVID-19 vaccine-related chest complaints presenting to the ED. Few patients had abnormal troponins or myocarditis.
To complement labour-intensive conventional contact tracing, digital proximity tracing was implemented widely during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the privacy-centred design of the dominant Google-Apple exposure notification framework has hindered
CONCLUSIONS: Co-design in the formative research process was able to be fostered via online communication processes to overcome the challenges of Covid-19 travel restrictions. The innovative approach provided a number of learnings including
CONCLUSION: The plasma N antigen is superior to nasopharyngeal nucleic acids and established COVID-19 blood biomarkers for severe COVID-19 early recognition and progression monitoring, enabling the most accurate patient triaging and efficient
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the healthcare sector globally including Sweden, creating subsequent operational and technical changes to the wide range of digital healthcare services utilized by healthcare professionals or end consumers. A
COVID-19 impact on population mental health has been reported around the world. Statistics Canada has conducted a survey among Canadian population to gauge mental health challenges they experienced, specifically in terms of anxiety. We create a