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As of 2023, the COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV‑2). Its effect has been broad, affecting general society, the global economy, culture, ecology, politics, and other areas.
The UNESCO study of publication trends in 193 countries on the topic of new or re-emerging viruses that can infect humans covered the period from 2011 to 2019 and now provides an overview of the state of research prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Global output on this broad topic increased by only 2% per year between 2011 and 2019, slower than ...
Chronic effects of COVID-19 can lead to a prolonged inflammatory state, which can increase symptoms resembling an autoimmune disorder. [1] Many patients with COVID-19 experience psychological symptoms that can arise either from the direct actions of the virus, the chronic increase in inflammation or secondary effects, such as post-traumatic ...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, as with other pandemics, the meaning of this term has been challenged. [14] The end of a pandemic or other epidemic only rarely involves the total disappearance of a disease, and historically, much less attention has been given to defining the ends of epidemics than their beginnings.
The research data suggest that the pandemic has negative effects on both weight loss and food health monitoring but the effects were short lived results. [ 17 ] Paying attention and taking measures to prevent mental health problems and post-traumatic stress syndrome, particularly in women, is already a need.
Early in the pandemic, he said, research moved quickly, with researchers desperate to better understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, and find effective treatments for very sick people.
The pandemic has increased efforts to develop such masks and some have received government grants for their development. [63] Ventilation and air cleaners are also the subject of research and development. [65] [66] Researchers report the development of chewing gums that could mitigate COVID-19 spread.
The IRS boosted taxpayer services through Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act but still faces processing claims from a coronavirus pandemic-era tax credit program and is slow to resolve certain ...