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Rates of asthma rates in 2017 [1] As of 2011, approximately 235 million people worldwide were affected by asthma, [2] and roughly 250,000 people die per year from asthma-related causes. [3] Low and middle income countries make up more than 80% of the mortality. [4] Prevalences vary between countries from 1% to 18%. [3]
An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic. [1] Due to the long time spans, the first plague pandemic (6th century – 8th ...
The week of March 19, the Federal Housing Finance Agency ordered federally guaranteed loan providers to grant forbearance of up to a year on mortgage payments from people who lost income due to the pandemic. It encouraged the same for non-federal loans and included a pass-through provision for landlords to grant forbearance to renters who lost ...
Obesity is linked to many chronic diseases, including cancers, Type 2 diabetes and COVID-19, and is a major health problem that should not be ignored.
As the economy re-opens, some of the changes may be permanent, particularly in cities where housing and mass-transit have faced major downswings.
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and exacerbated inequalities through uneven effects across social domains. [11] Some of these impacts include disproportionate financial toll, crime, education, human rights, xenophobia and racism, disproportionate impacts by gender, and racial inequalities.
Overall, respiratory virus activity in the US is high. Flu levels had been high and rising for a few weeks before Covid-19 levels started to rise, and RSV levels are increasing, too. There were ...
In 2019, asthma affected approximately 262 million people and caused approximately 461,000 deaths. [8] Most of the deaths occurred in the developing world. [4] Asthma often begins in childhood, [4] and the rates have increased significantly since the 1960s. [18] Asthma was recognized as early as Ancient Egypt. [19]