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What makes health systems resilient against infectious disease outbreaks and natural hazards? Results from a scoping review.
(2019-10-19)BACKGROUND:The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak was a wake-up call regarding the critical importance of resilient health systems. Fragile health systems can become overwhelmed during public health crises, further exacerbating the ... -
The positive impact of lockdown in Wuhan on containing the COVID-19 outbreak in China
BACKGROUND: With its epicenter in Wuhan, China, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO). Consequently, many countries have ... -
An Analysis of 38 Pregnant Women with COVID-19, Their Newborn Infants, and Maternal-Fetal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Maternal Coronavirus Infections and Pregnancy Outcomes
(2020-03)The emergence of a novel coronavirus, termed SARS-CoV-2, and the potentially life-threating respiratory disease that it can produce, COVID-19, has rapidly spread across the globe creating a massive public health problem. ... -
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review of Imaging Findings in 919 Patients
(2020-02-29)OBJECTIVE. Available information on CT features of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is scattered in different publications, and a cohesive literature review has yet to be compiled. MATERIALS AND METHODS. This ... -
Radiology Department Preparedness for COVID-19: Radiology Scientific Expert Panel
(2020-03-16)Introduction: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak is due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (1). Approximately 81,000 ... -
Corticosteroids for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials
(2020-03-18)Introduction: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a rapidly progressing inflammatory lung disease with a high mortality rate without specific pharmacological therapy. Objective: We conducted a systematic review ... -
First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States
(2020-03-05)An outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that began in Wuhan, China, has spread rapidly, with cases now confirmed in multiple countries. We report the first case of 2019-nCoV infection confirmed in the United States ... -
Insights Into the Recent 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Light of Past Human Coronavirus Outbreaks
(2020-03-04)Coronaviruses (CoVs) are RNA viruses that have become a major public health concern since the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CoV (SARS-CoV) outbreak in 2002. The continuous evolution of coronaviruses was further highlighted ... -
The Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak
(2020-02-26)Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-COV2 and represents the causative agent of a potentially fatal disease that is of great global public health concern. Based on the large number of infected people that were ...