#Mortality

Sharon Moalem, MD, PhD

sharonmoalem

COVID-19 uses its spike protein as a 'key' to gain entry and unlock a protein called ACE2 to enter human cells. As the ACE2 gene is on the X chromosome,

Mentorshipzim

mentorshipzim

So, epidemiologists study determinants of health and disease."Health" is state of wellness, a continuum rather than an absolute term. A person without a known disease can be unwell and a

Nick Mark MD

nickmmark

BIG NEWS: In January, the unpublished VICTAS trial of vitamin C in #sepsis was stopped after enrolling just 501 of a planned 2000Now data on http://clinicaltrials.gov shows why, and it

Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk

JeremyKonyndyk

I'm seeing a lot of people uncritically retweeting this report that implies China hid ~40k COVID deaths in Wuhan.If there's reason to be wary of China's official figures (and there

Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH

RRHDr

Today, a study conducted by myself, @Fixed_Effects, @aaronsojourner & @LauraHuangLA published in @PNASNews: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/08/12/1913405117/tab-figures-data Cc:@KatherineJWu @ByNinaMartin @PublicHealthUMN @UMNew

BlackWomenViews Media

blackwomenviews

Thread: It is #BlackMaternalHealthWeek so today I'm highlighting the legislative work on the Black maternal mortality crisis. Rep Alma Adams, Rep Lauren Underwood & Sen Kamala Harris launched the Black

David Paton

cricketwyvern

That areas with some of the highest death rates also had strict lockdowns (Spain, New York) indicates that we are unlikely to find lockdowns had a very large impact on

Dr. Daniel Grossman

DrDGrossman

As a human being, I do not support the violent tactics used by police to harm protesters with tear gas and assault. And as an OB/GYN, the use of tear

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Sarath_Krish43

The thread for the state wise data of #COVIDー19 (updated upto 13-04-20)*Sample collections*Samples tested per million & Positive cases per 100 tests*Case Fatality Rate*Recovery Rate*Comparison of top 12 states The

Sisu Within 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇨🇦🇬🇧🇳🇿

sisu_sanity

You need to read this.Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Microbial ThreatsThe Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? Workshop Summary. 2005. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22156/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK22156.pdfParticularly this section startin

Dr. Amjad Ali Khan

dramjad_khan

Let's talk about one of 'the best' health system in the world- Health system of KP. 1. Since 2013 no single brick has been laid let alone a new hospital.2.

joe francis

joefrancis505

Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson are wrong because labour productivity in agriculture is a better explanation of European settlement patterns than settler mortality. Europeans only wanted to settle regions where they

St. Rev ☯️🏴😻

St_Rev

I really want this to be true -- I had that vicious bronchitis in January -- but I really doubt it.I also don't want it to be true, because I

Jane Arbury

ArburyJane

When someone tells you they have a long term health condition, "But that condition isn't a problem any more, because I once read a news article about one study with

Jayanth P

Jayanth_TNIE

#COVID19 curve in #AndhraPradesh is showing flattening tendency. There are more recoveries than the no. of active cases. The active cases graph is also downwards. Our #containment strategy is working.

balajis.com

balajis

As we have been discussing for weeks, there is now a visible spike in all-cause mortality across multiple countries.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronavirus-missing-deaths.html In this situation death is unfortunately the ulti