INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic positioned healthcare systems in North America at the epicentre of the crisis, placing inordinate stress on clinicians. Concurrently, discussions about structural racism, social justice and health inequities
INTRODUCTION: Road trauma (RT) is a major public health problem that often results in prolonged absenteeism from work. Limited evidence suggests that recovery after RT is associated with automobile insurance compensation schemes. In May 2021, British
CONCLUSIONS: RAO and RVO rarely occurred within 60 days of COVID-19 diagnosis or vaccination. We observed no increase in the hazard ratio of RVO and RAO relative to COVID-19 or COVID-19 vaccination except for a possible increase in the RAO hazard
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) encodes several proteins that inhibit host interferon responses. Among these, ORF6 antagonizes interferon signaling by disrupting nucleocytoplasmic trafficking through interactions with the
Interferons (IFNs) are a family of proteins that are generated in response to viral infection and induce an antiviral response in many cell types. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that patients with inborn errors of type-I IFN immunity were more prone
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a serious post-infectious complication of COVID-19 characterized by hyperinflammation and multi-organ dysfunction including shock. Shock is also seen in a severe form of Kawasaki disease (KD)
Background Severe disease from COVID-19 was the leading cause of admission to the emergency room and hospitalization during the pandemic in Mexico. Acute kidney injury was one of the most prevalent complications in these patients. The neutrophil
Reported vascular complications following mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are consisting of myocarditis, cerebral venous thrombosis, cerebral vascular thrombosis, and vaccine-induced thrombocytopenia. Here, we describe a case of a 49-year-old woman with