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Coming in from the Cold: An interview with three corona experts on SARS-CoV-2 and pneumonia
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Every century the world will witness a major pandemic. Most active clinicians and researchers alike only have knowledge of the Spanish flu pandemic from medical history. At that time, the exact viral cause of the disease was not known, and neither was there a therapy nor a vaccine. Today,…
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Pneumonia is a major threat to public health – why don’t we acknowledge the fact?
(Image by kalhh from Pixabay, CC0 license) According to the 2017 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study, pneumonia remains the leading cause of death among children under the age of five, in spite of a 36% reduction in pneumonia-related deaths in this population in the last ten years. In the same period,…
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Your last breath: Raising awareness on World Pneumonia Day
Lydie stock / stock.adobe.com In 2011, Betty White was invited on to the Late Show with David Letterman to reveal her 10 Tips for a Long and Happy Life. You may know Betty as Rose from the Golden Girls series. Her #3 tip was, “Try not to die”. Today, 7 years later and at the…