COVID-19

Hong Kong Crisis, COVID-19 Epidemic Outbreak

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Since late January in Hong Kong, the “Omicron” virus has entered the community. During the Lunar New Year, the mass movement and reunion of the population have accelerated the spread of the virus. Insufficient vaccine coverage for the elderly, too dense living space, and collapse in medical capacity had made the epidemic out of control.

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Guardian Died of COVID-19. There are more than 200,000 COVID Orphans in the U.S.

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The COVID-19 epidemic has not only brought about life changes and economic recession but also brought painful experiences of illness and death. Some people have lost relatives and friends in the epidemic, and some children have lost their parents and primary caregivers, becoming “COVID orphans”. Assist them and pay attention to these important social issues. There is still a heavy long road to go for spiritual reconstruction after the epidemic.

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Older Adults in Three Southern States Invited to Participate in New Vaccine Clinical Trial Targeting RSV Prevention

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RSV is a single-stranded RNA virus that usually begins to spread in late autumn, with winter as the main infectious period, which can cause respiratory infections of all ages. The incubation period after infection is extremely short, only 2 to 8 days. The most frightening part of this virus is that its disease progressed quite rapidly. It may only take 2 to 3 days to develop from mild cold symptoms or fever to severe respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia, or bronchitis. At present, no drug could treat the RSV virus directly, and no vaccine can prevent RSV for a long time. Therefore, many pharmaceutical companies are researching vaccines that can prevent RSV.

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