France’s per-capita death toll from Covid-19 is higher than the average for high-income countries. A lack of prevention and the initial rigidity of the French system are largely to responsible.
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Addressing racial and ethnic health gaps is becoming even more important as the US population continues its shift toward a minority-majority nation.
Your body might need a nudge to return to its pre-lockdown weight. And it’s probably better to act now than wait.
Obesity and excess weight increase the risk of COVID progressing to severe disease, including in children. Vaccination is key to reducing this risk.
Between May 2020 and early September 2021, over a quarter of a million more people have died from natural causes than was predicted for that time period.
Being immunocompromised appears to affect the vaccine response, but this seems to vary depending on the causes of the person’s low immunity.
Socio-economic factors are major barriers to physical activity. New research suggests this is one more reason why disadvantaged people were at increased risk for COVID-19.
Patients shouldn’t be treated better simply because they can afford to pay more.
The emergence of a fungal infection called mucormycosis in India is another unexpected and distressing consequence of the COVID pandemic.
Meeting the recommended guidelines for physical activity reduces the risk of falling ill and dying of infectious diseases by 37%.
Review of the latest evidence identifies the risk factors for pregnant women.
If the world is single-minded and focuses purely on combating one pandemic, forgetting others, the effects of other morbidity and mortality on healthcare systems will be seen for a long time to come.
Care for patients with more than one disease is fragmented and uncoordinated. This is can cost patients time, effort and lost wages.
An overwhelming majority of respondents didn’t think that their life under lockdown and wider pandemic conditions affected their mental health.
Using random testing, researchers in Indiana were able to calculate death rates by age, race, and sex and found sharp increases in risk of death among older and non-white state residents.
It’s not always easy to determine the cause of a death. Distinguishing between whether someone has died from or with COVID-19 is necessary for understanding the impact of the virus.
COVID-19 has stretched South Africa’s public health services to capacity. In response, the services have increased their capacity through innovation.
South Africa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic was one of ‘intervene first and ask questions later’. Now is the time for government to state clearly what its strategic endgame is.
In addition to the elderly and health workers, those holding front-line jobs are particularly exposed. Infection risk and aggravating co-morbidities could compound social inequalities in time of crisis.
Don’t mix your statins with grapefruit, or leafy green vegetables with warfarin.
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Professor, Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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NHMRC Senior Research Fellow in the School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Research Professor, Perinatal HIV Research Unit and President, South African Medical Research Council
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Associate professor, La Trobe University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Ezintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chair of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies, Adjunct Professor in the School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Full Professor in Economics, ERUDITE, UPEC (on leave) / Visiting Professor, Northeastern University, Boston (22-24) / Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School and French Harkness Fellow (21-22), Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC)
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Head, Department Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town
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Pharmacy Teaching Fellow and PhD student (Digital health), Kingston University
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Professor Health Behaviour Dynamics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Director Rural Health Advocacy Project, University of the Witwatersrand
