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The world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe influenza pandemic or to any similarly global, sustained and threatening public-health emergency. International Health Regulations Review Committee (2011)   Freedoms are fragile. The coronavirus pandemic shows how fragile our individual freedoms are — and even overrated. The basic perception is that we have to do something

Definition The Coronavirus belongs to the family of Coronaviridae, order Nidovirales. They are large positive sense RNA viruses comprising of four genre: alpha-beta-delta-gamma. Until 2019 only six human coronaviruses (HCOVs) were known that could be held responsible for respiratory diseases. Out of these, four (HCOV-229E, OC 43, NL63 and HKVI) are endemic globally and are

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“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.” ― Bob Marley There is this popular saying “there is always a good and bad side to everything”. No matter how you or any other person looks at it; marijuana has its good and bad side. In the world of science, there is this debate that

Meaning of High Blood Pressure? High blood pressure can also be referred to as hypertension. It occurs when there is an increase in the force and remains higher than the normal level over a period of time. High blood pressure results to damaging of body organs such as can the blood vessels, the heart, and the brain and among

Blood pressure is the amount of blood pumped by your heart and the amount of blood flow that refuse to flow into the arteries. The higher the volume of blood, the narrower arteries becomes and the higher the blood pressure. High blood pressure (High BP) during pregnancy can cause significant problems. Such as decreased placental

High Blood Pressure Stages  A lot of people in my family have high blood pressure. Dre told me I better start hitting the gym… so I took his advice. Warren G High Plood Pressure Stages fall into one of several categories. Each of these categories can have effect on the treatment options.   Blood pressure is