Pandemic

It is three years since the WHO first declared that COVID represented a global health emergency.

Many people who do antigen tests at home are confused when the second line comes out faded, almost invisible.

Other countries are reinstating Covid-19 testing for arrivals from China, while the Israeli Health Ministry has not yet announced any new measures.

I wish COVID never came into our lives. Moreover, I wish masking could be a personal choice, free of stigma. 

Olfactory loss typically appears early in the onset of COVID-19 and at times could be the sole indicator that an individual is actually sick, as 20% of patients may have no other symptoms.

The largest decline in twin births was seen in women over age 40, the group most likely to use infertility treatment.

The results were that the developmental process had sped up in those involved while they were experiencing the pandemic.

Diagnoses of breast, cervical and colorectal cancers dropped by roughly 6% to 7% between 2019 and 2020 and by an additional 5% to 6% between 2020 and 2021.

The researchers found that younger adults' maturity was disrupted while the oldest group of adults showed no significant change in personality.

Syria said on Monday that 29 people had died of cholera in what the United Nations has called the worst outbreak of the disease in the war-torn country for years.