The arrival of SARS-CoV-2 in South Korea and the resulting localized COVID-19 outbreak was inevitable because of its proximity to mainland China and the regular […]
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COVID-19 Testing: Methods and Types of Test Kits
The high transmissibility of the associated SARS-CoV-2 virus and the widespread prevalence of the associated COVID-19 have called for the development and utilization of testing […]
Explainer: Why Italy Has High COVID-19 Deaths
Italy confirmed its two first cases of COVID-19 on 31 January 2020. The number of documented cases reached three on February 6, and it remained […]
How China Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Wuhan City in Hubei Province was the center of the COVID-19 epidemic in China and the subsequent pandemic in the rest of the world. The […]
Response of Taiwan to COVID-19 Outbreak
Taiwan announced its first case of COVID-19 on 21 January 2020. Note that the disease first emerged in Wuhan City in mainland China in December […]
SARS-CoV-2 Facts: Origin, Description, and Symptoms
SARS-CoV-2, previously known as the 2019-nCoV, is a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA coronavirus first reported in late 2019 and linked in the 2019-2020 pneumonia outbreak in […]
Causes and Factors of Hospital-Acquired Infections
Hospital-acquired infections or HAIs are specific infections acquired in a hospital or other health care settings such as outpatient clinics, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers, […]
Role of Pharmaceutical Companies in Antibiotic Resistance
Pharmaceutical companies have now been regarded as one of the major culprits behind the emergence and prevalence of antibiotic resistance. To be specific, specific companies […]
Causes of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are specific strains of bacterial species that have developed resistance from the effects of antibacterial agents due to continued exposure. Take note that […]
Studies: Link Between Talcum Powder and Cancer
A 1971 study by W. J. Henderson et al. involving an extraction-replication technique to examine tissue from patients with cervical ovarian tumor found particles of […]