Coronavirus leaving some people with permanent lung damage
Clare Wilson :People infected with the coronavirus may be left with permanent lung damage. Doctors are reporting growing numbers of people who still have breathlessness...
Health
Vitamin K deficiency in COVID-19 patients
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam :Vitamin K, a group of structurally similar fat-soluble vitamins that are found in foods and in dietary supplements are of two...
Woman who has become India’s ‘corona voice’
BBC News :When you dial a phone number in India you don’t always hear a ringing as you wait for the other person to answer,...
Noncommunicable diseases trapped by Covid-19
Rukhsana Shaheen :The world is facing extensive and severe pandemic after the last pandemic about 100 years back. For the last six months, news and...
Risk of animals spreading SARS-CoV-2
Muhammad Torequl Islam :It is evident that some coronaviruses that infect animals can be spread to humans. Although the actual origin(s) of the current outbreak...
Single-use plastic cup: Is it safe to use?
Md Billal Hossen :Drinking tea in a small tea stall on the road side is our everyday’s habit. Even a single day we couldn’t pass...
Snippets
Outrage in India after victim’s body moved with excavator Two local administration officials in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh were suspended after images...
Separating mothers with Covid-19 from their newborns does more harm than good
Andini Pramono, Hannah Dahlen, Jane Desborough and Julie P. SmithIn several countries pregnant women confirmed or suspected to have COVID-19 are being required to have...
Cycling
Naimur Rahman Afid :Cycling may be considered as sports, exercise or a recreational thing. But in this present pandemic situation, it can be considered as...
Importance of wearing masks and social distancing
Jeyaraj Vadiveloo :With the advent of an infectious disease outbreak, epidemiologists and public health officials quickly try to forecast deaths and infections using complex computer...
Handling RNA of SARS-CoV-2 during shipment and diagnosis
Muhammad Torequl Islam :The most commonly reported symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pateints are fever, cough, myalgia or fatigue, pneumonia, and complicated...
Coronavirus ‘Very Different’ in young kids Vs adults
Abby Olena :According to the World Health Organization, there have been nearly 8 million confirmed cases of COVID-19-the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus-as of...