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May 24, 2024 · The latest edition of the World Health Statistics released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the trend of steady gain in life expectancy at birth and healthy life expectancy at birth (HALE). The pandemic wiped out nearly a decade of progress in improving life expectancy within just two years.
2 days ago · COVID-19, highly contagious respiratory illness, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2. There is no cure for COVID-19, but individuals can be protected against severe illness through vaccination. Learn about the symptoms, treatment, and prevention of COVID-19.
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2 days ago · As of January 2023, taking into account likely COVID induced deaths via excess deaths, the 95% confidence interval suggests the pandemic to have caused between 16 and 28.2 million deaths. For the latest daily updates of cases, deaths, and death rates see COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country.
May 24, 2024 · 24 May 2024 Health. Data crunched by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that the COVID-19 emergency reversed more than a decade of gains in life expectancy, reinforcing the...
May 13, 2024 · 13 May 2024. By David Cox. Getty Images. The symptoms of Covid-19 have changed as new variants have come to dominate infections (Credit: Getty Images) With a new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus...
2 days ago · Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, multiple COVID-19 Variants of Concern (VOCs) and Variants of Interest (VOIs) have been designated by WHO based on their assessed potential for expansion and replacement of prior variants, for causing new waves with increased circulation, and for the need...
1 day ago · SARS-CoV-2 articles from across Nature Portfolio. SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. It is contagious in humans and is the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019...
