Current policies around food access, paid sick leave, and other workplace protections need to be expanded and made more accessible to reduce health disparities as well as the the transmission of COVID-19 and other infections.
When patients refuse to undergo COVID-19 testing, they compromise not only just their own health but also the health of those around them. This review identifies the most ethical way a given healthcare system may respond to a patient’s refusal to undergo COVID-19 testing.
Laparoscopy is the preferred approach for common emergency conditions including acute appendicitis. Due to the high incidence of acute appendicitis and the common laparoscopic approach to its treatment, COVID-19 may affect the way patients with acute appendicitis are managed.
In this paper, the authors describe COVID-19 severity in pregnant patients and evaluate the association between disease severity and perinatal outcomes.
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of COVID-19 on the outpatient advance care planning (ACP) services provided by veterans hospitals in Taiwan.
Because facial coverings impair our ability to convey emotional cues with our mouths, we find ourselves relying on periocular expression, "smiling with your eyes" or "smizing."
