[Reprinted: The Lancet Global Health, 11-5-2020] Global data indicate higher COVID-19 case fatality rates among men than women. Most countries with available data indicate a male to female case fatality ratio higher than 1·0, ranging up to 3·5 in some cases. However, the COVID-19 case fatality rate is higher in women than men in a few countries, such as India, which is one of the worst-affected … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 268,419
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 11-18-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of today, November 18: Dominican Republic- 134,697 cases, 2290 deaths, 110,761 recovered Puerto Rico- 43,031 cases, 971 deaths French Guiana- 10,900 cases, 70 deaths, 9995 recovered Jamaica- 9959 cases, 231 deaths, 5338 recovered Haiti- 9191 cases, 232 deaths, 7820 recovered … [Read more...]
Welcoming science back at the White House
[Reprinted: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 11-12-2020] The result of the eagerly awaited US presidential elections held on Nov 3, 2020, is finally known: the Democratic candidate Joe Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump. Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th US president on Jan 20, 2021. The months leading to Biden's final election were riddled with tension within the USA, and … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 245,757
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 11-2-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of November 2: Dominican Republic- 127,591 cases, 2250 deaths, 105,634 recovered Puerto Rico- 35,405 cases, 839 deaths French Guiana- 10,536 cases, 70 deaths, 9995 recovered Jamaica- 9257 cases, 210 deaths, 4637 recovered Haiti- 9057 cases, 232 deaths, 7429 recovered … [Read more...]
How do pandemics end?
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 10-18-2020] History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone WHEN will the pandemic end? All these months in, with more than 37 million COVID-19 cases and more than one million deaths globally, you may be wondering, with increasing exasperation, how long this will continue. Since the beginning of the pandemic, epidemiologists and public health … [Read more...]
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