CONCLUSION: Nearly one in five patients with RA developed severe COVID-19 disease within 30 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection. In patients with RA, recent use of corticosteroids and rituximab were two factors associated with a greater risk of severe
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated, and complicated stressors related to immigrant families' experience with U.S. immigration policies.
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a valuable tool for investigating the existence, prevalence, and spread of pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2, in a given population. WBE, proposed as part of the SARS-CoV-2 surveillance strategy for monitoring virus
CONCLUSIONS: After 12 months, persistent symptoms were declared by 65.7% of patients. The most common symptoms 3 and 12 months after infection are worse tolerance to exercise, fatigue, palpitations, and memory or concentration problems. Females are
CONCLUSION: High incidence of intravenous immunoglobulin-refractory KD may occur in up to 40% of the patients having recent history of coronavirus disease 2019. For patients having KD with N-type SARS-CoV-2 antibody positivity, adjunctive treatment
The onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had far-reaching economic and social consequences, affecting economic well-being, health, mobility, relationships, and daily routines. What effect did the COVID-19 pandemic have on
BACKGROUND: The provision of pain management programmes (PMPs) changed substantially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with virtual delivery implemented in many services. Little is known about patient selection processes for virtual PMPs and how
This study examined teacher enactment of hope, specifically willpower, waypower, and agency in the shadow of the COVID-19 glare. Participants of this mixed methods study were K-12 public school classroom teachers (n = 233) in a Western US state