We’ve all handled this pandemic in our ways. The stress of the COVID-19 epidemic not only caused mental health issues in some teenagers, but also accelerated the aging of their brains. Teenagers’ brain scans after the pandemic, revealed physical changes. These changes were not seen in the brains of similar age groups tested before the outbreak. What Did […]
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When Gardening Turns Into Therapy
We adopted multiple ways to adapt to the lockdown lifestyle. One such way was gardening. This became a mechanism to cope with lockdown loneliness ad acted as an equivalent to therapy. Research has shown that therapeutic communal gardening reduced loneliness as the pandemic paralyzed the United Kingdom. Therapeutic Gardening- A case study The project monitored individuals with mental […]
COVID-19 Vaccine: Some Myths Busted
We all have been through lots of speculations regarding the COVID-19 vaccines. We were eagerly waiting for the vaccines to arrive and, more importantly, the pandemic to end. Though the pandemic has not raised the white flag, the vaccine is here, and mass vaccination drive has started in most countries. Once the wait for the […]
COVID-19: Hospital Revenue Losses Might Pile Up to $122B in 2021
The hospital revenue losses throughout the country might be down to anywhere between $53B to $122B, as compared to pre-pandemic levels because of COVID-19. Moreover, it might also affect vaccination efforts. According to a new analysis that was released by the American Hospital Association (AHA), the health systems and hospitals, under the most optimistic scenario, […]
COVID-19: A Trend about to Change
The National healthcare spending hit a record-high of $3.8 trillion in the US in 2019 – the year before COVID-19 hit the country. According to an analysis published in Health Affairs, the spending increased by 4.6 percent as compared to 2018 and was mostly driven by personal healthcare spending on hospital care along with other clinical […]
Italy Worst-Affected in Europe Virus Death Toll: AFP
According to an AFP tally, Italy on Saturday became the country with the highest virus death toll in Europe. The new total is 64,036 deaths, outnumbering Britain. The Italian health ministry reported that 649 new cases of coronavirus were registered in the past 24 hours and 19,903 new cases were diagnosed. Worldwide (virus death toll), […]
The Lockdown Returns
As much as we hate the headline(The Lockdown), it is true. Southern California went into a strict lockdown starting Monday, December 7, 2020. The decision is even more crucial, now that the vaccine is slowly being distributed. More than 20 million people under stay-at-home orders triggered as hospitals are flooded with overwhelming numbers of COVID-19 […]
Cellular Atlas of Human Lung
Since COVID-19 landed, we have talked a lot about lungs over the past 9 months.We thought we knew all about the lungs, but researchers at Stanford have proved it wrong. The Research on Human Lung Researchers from multiple departments at Stanford University have created a cellular atlas of human lung. This atlas highlights the various […]
WARNING: Deadly Second Wave of CoronaVirus to Hit Middle East
With winter right around the corner, coronavirus cases are surging across the world and the Middle East is no exception. However, the regional director for WHO fears that the worst part of the second wave is yet to hit. The fundamentals of pandemic response, from social-distancing to mask wearing, “are still not being fully practiced […]
High Demand for Plastic-Surgery Amidst COVID-19
Who would have thought of it this way? Seeing our faces on the video screens all the time during this pandemic has made us point out the areas of improvement. Luckily, we can recover at home after a cosmetic procedure(plastic surgery). This has led to a high demand of plastic surgery among people of all […]