CONCLUSION: The results underscore the prevalence of food insecurity due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to create comprehensive food policies that address the lack of availability of adequate food among Hispanic/Latino essential workers who
CONCLUSION: During the COVID-19 pandemic, older participants lost weight with a 2.5-times (women) and 2-times (men) higher rate than what is expected in this age.
Molecular timing mechanisms known as circadian clocks drive endogenous 24-h rhythmicity in most physiological functions, including innate and adaptive immunity. Consequently, the response to immune challenge such as vaccination might depend on the
CONCLUSIONS: Mortality risk in surgical patients with COVID-19 compared to those without is increased almost 10-fold. The risk was highest in low-income and middle-income countries compared to high-income countries, suggesting a disproportionate
CONCLUSIONS: Antibiotics in dentistry are required only for very low proportion of cases, due to the nature of dental care where most infections such as caries and periodontal disease could be managed without resorting to antibiotics. Antibiotic
CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 caregivers experience high levels of mental health complaints one year after a patient's ICU discharge. Furthermore, our results indicate that patient participation levels and quality of life one year after ICU discharge may be
CONCLUSION: Nurses reported that moral distress drove negative health outcomes and attrition in response to moral events in practice. To change these conditions of moral distress, nurses require organizational investments in interventions and
Two types of immunity, humoral and cellular, offer protection against COVID. Humoral protection, contributed by circulating neutralizing antibodies, can provide immediate protection but decays more quickly than cellular immunity and can lose